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Shock - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 - MAP <65. SBP <90, drop in SBP > 40
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Decompensated CHF ... Treatment Goals ... Differential #Diagnosis #criticalcare ... #algorithm #treatment ... #management
STAGES of CHF (A, B, C, D), however, describe the severity of structural abnormalities that impair
STAGES of CHF (A ... Stage D CHF is frequently ... flare ups that cause ... #Management #Cardiology ... #CHF #Congestive
Patients with CHD are exceptionally sensitive to the effects of bronchiolitis on their volume status
Four principles
Patients with CHD ... Anxiolysis to improve work ... directs blood flow away ... #Management #Peds ... #Pediatrics #CHD
Severe Heart Failure & Cardiogenic Shock - Management Checklist 
Evaluation 
 - EKG & echocardiography
- Management Checklist ... antiarrhythmics - Ischemic ... Revascularization, treatment ... #Checklist #CHF ... HeartFailure #Cardiology #Management
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

S/Sx: Most pts asymptomatic. Weakness, cramping, nausea, paresthesias, palpitations,
/crush injury, ischemia ... Na delivery): CHF ... reabsorption) Workup ... only if no clear cause ... ileus/obstruction (ischemia
Atrial Fibrillation RVR - Medications
Diltiazem
 • Preferred in patients with chronic lung such as Asthma and
decompensated CHF ... to improve CHF ... to 6-8 hours to work ... decompensated heart ... #treatment #comparison
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
Decompensated Heart ... the determined cause ... #differential #algorithm ... #heartfailure #chf ... #criticalcare #
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
(Sepsis, Shock, ... cannot, coronary ischemia ... treat the primary cause ... #diagnosis #algorithm ... #foamed #treatment
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
(Sepsis, Shock, ... cannot, coronary ischemia ... treat the primary cause ... #diagnosis #management ... #criticalcare
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
of a difficult airway ... history of: a) Ischemic ... b) CHF c) CVA ... event, follow ACC algorithm ... medical and surgical management