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Cardiogenic Shock Forrester Classification Table and Mortality

- Warm & Dry (Forrester Class I)

- Warm & Wet
Cardiogenic Shock ... Forrester Classification ... Table and Mortality ... Class II) - Cold ... #CHF #Diagnosis
Shock Classification
Shock Definition: State of cellular and tissue hypoxia due to: reduced oxygen delivery, increased oxygen
Shock Classification ... end-organ damage, multisystem ... CARDIOGENIC (Cold ... #Classification ... warm #wet #dry #table
Cough - Diagnostic Schema

Infectious: URTI, LRTI, Bacterial, Viral
Irritant/Exposure: Allergic, Post-infectious, Pneumonitis, ACEi, PTX, Foreign Body
Airway Disease:
Airway Disease: Asthma ... , COPD, Sinusitis ... GERD, Dysphagia, CHF ... ILD Malignancy: Lung ... #Differential #Algorithm
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
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Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Artery Disease • Stable ... Obstruction • Asthma ... Interstitium • ILD • CHF ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Atrial Fibrillation RVR - Medications
Diltiazem
 • Preferred in patients with chronic lung such as Asthma and
patients with chronic lung ... such as Asthma ... and COPD Metoprolol ... decompensated CHF ... 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 ... disease b) CHF ... event, follow ACC algorithm ... Stable patients ... unless prior heart/lung
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
and congested (“Cold ... essentially Cardiogenic Shock ... #differential #algorithm ... cardiology #treatment #table ... #heartfailure #chf