8 results
Shock and Vasoactive Drugs 
1) Determine type and etiology of shock
 • Distributive: Sepsis, Anaphylaxis, Neurogenic
• Cardiogenic: Acute ... MI, Acute Heart ... Pericardial tamponade, Pulmonary ... inopressors #diagnosis #management ... #comparison #table
Altitude Sickness: Acute Mountain Sickness (AMS), High Altitude Cerebral Edema (HACE) and High Altitude Pulmonary Edema
Altitude Sickness: Acute ... Altitude Pulmonary ... Edema (HAPE) Clinical ... #Elevation #Comparison ... #Table
TRALI vs TACO - Transfusion Reactions
TRALI:
 • Epidemiology: 0.1% of transfused patientsl
 • Risk factors: Critical
Risk factors: Critical ... At least 3 of (Acute ... , and CXR with pulmonary ... hematology #diagnosis #comparison ... #table
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
with presence of pulmonary ... essentially Cardiogenic Shock ... differential #algorithm #management ... #table #foamed ... #criticalcare #icu
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
cardiomyopathy • Pulmonary ... ancestry, LGE on MRI ... Pts: cardiogenic shock ... Avoid ARBs • ICD ... #cardiology #treatment
Diuretics and Agents Regulating Renal Excretion

Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors (Acetazolamide, Dichlorphenamide)
 • Glaucoma
 • Epilepsy
 • Altitude
irrigation • Management ... Loop Diuretics; High-Ceiling ... pulmonary edema ... • Hypovolemic shock ... #Medications #Table
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
has five major clinical ... DX relies on a high ... fungal stain of clinical ... fever • Septic shock ... Fungal #Diagnosis #Management
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
extraction is so high ... heart (Sepsis, Shock ... echocardiogram #management ... #clinical #criticalcare ... #foamed #treatment