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Heart Failure (HFrEF) Treatment - GDMT for stage C 

For patients with Heart Failure with REDUCED
Failure (HFrEF) Treatment ... benefit, while also ... We may also consider ... /ambcarerx #CHF ... Pharmacology #Management #Treatment
Driving Impairment in Cirrhosis and Hepatic Encephalopathy 
 - Advise patients not to drive ~3 months
driving ban to all ... with CHE/MHE without ... prior overt HE, also ... or optimize HE treatment ... medications - Optimize treatment
Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction: Management Principles

General Therapeutic Principles:
Reduce the congestive state 
 - Caution
- May mimic HF ... as an "angina equivalent ... Cardiology #HFpEF #dCHF ... #Diastolic #Treatment
Flowchart to diuretic use in acute heart failure.

(A) Congestion with volume overload. 

(B) Treatment algorithm after
(B) Treatment algorithm ... administered either as ... blood pressure; HF ... Diuretic #Diuresis #CHF
Stage II - Interstitial edema
Stage II of CHF is characterized by fluid leakage into the interlobular
edema Stage II of CHF ... septa it is seen as ... lines are seen as ... Radiology #CXR #CHF ... Intersitial #Edema #RadiologyAssistant
Mucoid impaction
Mucus plugs or mucoid impaction can mimick the appearance of lung nodules or a mass.
Sometimes
bronchiectasis, as ... cystic fibrosis (CF ... with asthma or CF ... It is also seen ... Mucus #Plugging #RadiologyAssistant
Atrial Fibrillation RVR - Medications
Diltiazem
 • Preferred in patients with chronic lung such as Asthma and
chronic lung such as ... for rate control also ... decompensated CHF ... anyway to improve CHF ... Medications #management #treatment
Stage I - Redistribution
In a normal chest film with the patient standing erect, the pulmonary vessels
during a period of CHF ... Notice also the ... Radiology #CXR #CHF ... Redistribution #RadiologyAssistant
Iron Deficiency in Heart Failure
Pathophysiology:
Chronic heart failure leads to an increase in inflammatory cytokines → Inflammation
functional ID) Treatment ... composite endpoint of all-cause ... iron #deficiency #CHF
Pleural effusion is not always visible as a meniscus in the costophrenic angle. 
A subpulmonic effusion
always visible as ... with signs of CHF ... Radiology #CXR #CHF ... SubpulmonicEffusion #RadiologyAssistant