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Shock Classification
Shock Definition: State of cellular and tissue hypoxia due to: reduced oxygen delivery, increased oxygen
Shock Classification ... end-organ damage, multisystem ... insufficiency, acute ... Types #diagnosis #management ... #dry #table
Shock Types - Classification
State of cellular and tissue hypoxia due to: reduced oxygen delivery, increased oxygen
Shock Types - Classification ... end-organ damage, multisystem ... insufficiency, acute ... #Classification ... types #diagnosis #management
Shock - Differential Diagnosis by Classification

Hypovolemic (Intravascular volume depletion)
 - Hemorrhagic 
   • Trauma
Diagnosis by Classification ... Anaphylaxis - Spinal cord ... contractility) - Acute ... Differential #Diagnosis #Classification ... #Table #CriticalCare
Algorithm for Management of Acute Exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD)

Obtain workup for alternate diagnoses and relevant comorbidities:
Algorithm for Management ... of Acute Exacerbation ... ventilated • CXR, Lung ... #AECOPD #Algorithm ... #Management #Exacerbation
FALLS protocol - POCUS evaluation in shock

The FALLS-protocol is an ultrasound evaluation of patients with acute
evaluation in shock ... patients with acute ... of the pleura, lungs ... classification ... #Algorithm
Orthopedic Emergencies
Compartment Syndrome
 • An increase in compartment pressure to the point where tissue perfusion is
• Initial Management ... globules in the lung ... days after an acute ... loss of spinal cord ... level of spinal cord
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
important to recognize Acute ... essentially Cardiogenic Shock ... #differential #algorithm ... #management #cardiology ... #treatment #table
Atrial Fibrillation RVR - Medications
Diltiazem
 • Preferred in patients with chronic lung such as Asthma and
patients with chronic lung ... as Asthma and COPD ... exercise, after acute ... #Medications #management ... treatment #comparison #table
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
metabolic equivalent able ... event, follow ACC algorithm ... Stable patients ... unless prior heart/lung ... medical and surgical management
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
the setting of acute ... heart (Sepsis, Shock ... are typically able ... #diagnosis #management ... clinica l#foamed #algorithm