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Medications Used in Congestive Heart Failure

In CHF, the heart is failing as a pump; cardiac output
Heart Failure In CHF ... CHF also causes ... aims to inhibit ... #Medications #Action ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology
Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction: Management Principles

General Therapeutic Principles:
Reduce the congestive state 
 - Caution
Preserved Ejection Fraction ... congestive state - Caution ... - May mimic HF ... as an "angina equivalent ... #Management #Cardiology
Radiographic appearances of pulmonary diseases in HIV/AIDS Patients
 • Diffuse Interstitial Infiltrates: Pneumocystis jirovecii, M.tuberculosis, Histoplasma
diseases in HIV/AIDS ... Pulmonary edema; ARDS ... ; Lung cancer, Kaposi ... effusion lymphoma), Kaposi's ... diagnosis #chestCT #radiology
AIDS-defining illnesses
 - Candidiasis of the esophagus, bronchi, trachea, or lungs [(but NOT the mouth (thrush)]
AIDS-defining illnesses ... duration) - Kaposi ... Burkitt's (or equivalent ... immunoblastic (or equivalent ... syndrome due to HIV #AIDS
Pharmacology of diuretics

Acetazolamide, Loop diuretics, Thiazide‐like diuretics, MRA, Amiloride

Site of Action, Maximum Dose, Half-Life, Onset, Bioavailability,
Amiloride Site of Action ... Loop #Thiazide #CHF ... #Cardiology #Management
Stages in the development of HF and recommended therapy by stage. ACEI indicates angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor;
development of HF ... ; EF, ejection fraction ... medical therapy; HF ... #CHF #Congestive ... Algorithm #Management #Cardiology
HFrEF - Low Ejection Fraction on Physical Exam - Likelihood Ratios
 - Displaced Apical Impulse
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- Low Ejection Fraction ... LRs #diagnosis #cardiology ... #CHF
Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF) - Guideline Directed Medical Therapy
 • Beta-blocker
 • ACE,
Reduced Ejection Fraction ... Heart #Failure #CHF ... management #GDMT #cardiology
The H2FPEF score and point allocations
for each clinical characteristic (top), with
associated probability of having heart failure
with
preserved ejection fraction ... #HFPEF #Score #CHF ... Diastolic #Diastology #Cardiology
Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF) - Guideline Directed Medical Therapy - Initiation Strategies

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Reduced Ejection Fraction ... Heart #Failure #CHF ... management #GDMT #cardiology