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CHF - Left-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Valvular Disease (Preserved Diastolic/Systolic Function)
 • Mitral Stenosis
Heart Failure - Differential ... Transient Myocardial Ischemia ... Transient Myocardial Ischemia ... CHF #LeftSided #HeartFailure ... #Cardiology #Differential
Colonic Thumbprint Sign on Abdominal XRay - Differential Diagnosis:
 • inflammatory bowel disease: UC and CD
Thumbprint Sign on Abdominal ... XRay - Differential ... colitis) • bowel ischemia ... #Diagnosis #radiology ... #KUB #Abdominal
Non-lschemic Causes of Cardiogenic Shock:

Beta-Blockers, Calcium Channel Blockers, Digoxin 

Myocarditis 

Cardiomyopathies (sarcoidosis, amyloidosis, Takatsubo, 
hemochromatosis) 

Valvular
Non-lschemic Causes ... of Cardiogenic ... Nonlschemic #Causes #Cardiogenic ... #Shock #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction: Management Principles

General Therapeutic Principles:
Reduce the congestive state 
 - Caution
Ejection Fraction: Management ... prevent myocardial ischemia ... ineffective) #Management ... #Cardiology #HFpEF ... Diastolic #Treatment #HeartFailure
Severe Heart Failure & Cardiogenic Shock - Management Checklist 
Evaluation 
 - EKG & echocardiography
Heart Failure & Cardiogenic ... Shock - Management ... antiarrhythmics - Ischemic ... #HeartFailure # ... Cardiology #Management
DETROIT CARDIOGENIC SHOCK INITIATIVE ALGORITHM

INCLUSION CRITERIA
Acute Myocardial Infarction
 Ischemic Symptoms
 EKG and/or biomarker evidence of AMI
DETROIT CARDIOGENIC ... Infarction  Ischemic ... STEMI or NSTEMI) Cardiogenic ... DCSI #Initiative #Management ... #Cardiology
Bradycardia
1) First Steps: IV, O2, Monitors, ECG, Pads on patient, Crash Cart in room. Is patient
Ischemia? ... Patients DIE: Drugs, Ischemia ... bradycardia #diagnosis #differential ... #management #cardiology
Portal venous gas on hepatic ultrasound: A concerning finding in the critically ill patient that should
reflection on the differential ... i.e. mesenteric ischemia ... ileus), intra-abdominal ... hepatology #liver #pocus
Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema - Differential Diagnosis Framework

NCPE Pathophysiology:
Noncardiogenic pulmonary edema occurs because of excessive pulmonary capillary
Pulmonary Edema - Differential ... • Negative for ischemic ... use causing non-cardiogenic ... #edema #NCPE #differential ... #diagnosis #cardiology
Portal Venous Gas on Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) secondary to Necrotizing Pancreatitis

Adult male with abdominal
Care Ultrasound (POCUS ... Diagnosis/Differential ... Age dependent differential ... catastrophes (ischemic ... Portal #VenousGas #POCUS