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Frank-Starling Curve in Congestive Heart Failure

Goal in HF mgmt is to reduce preload (EDV) to reach
Failure Goal in HF ... FrankStarling #Curve #CHF ... #Overload
Acute Heart Failure Exacerbation - Diagnostic Likelihood Ratios
+LR > 3.5:
 • Overall judgement of ED physician
+LR > 3.5: • Overall ... LR < 0.60: • Overall ... Examination #chf
CHF - Left-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Valvular Disease (Preserved Diastolic/Systolic Function)
 • Mitral Stenosis
CHF - Left-Sided ... Chronic Volume Overload ... Constriction #CHF
Understanding & Treating ARDS - Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

•  Timing - within one week of
entirely by volume overload ... or CHF • Impaired
Generalized Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Framework
"l feel weak":
 • Infectious: Influenza, EBV, PNA, Bacteremia, Sepsis
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CV/Resp/Heme: CHF ... SLE, Vasculitis OVERLAP
Hypertension and Altered Mental Status (AMS) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Hypertension:
 • Hypertensive emergency
 • Hypertensive encephalopathy
Cardiac: • CHF ... • Fluid overload
Flowchart to diuretic use in acute heart failure.

(A) Congestion with volume overload. 

(B) Treatment algorithm after
Congestion with volume overload ... blood pressure; HF ... Diuretic #Diuresis #CHF
Free Fluid in Morrison's Pouch on Abdominal POCUS

22 yo, no known pmhx, with atraumatic abdominal pain,
suggests fluid overload ... from CHF, renal
Refeeding Syndrome: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Patients at Risk of Refeeding Syndrome:
 - Little or no nutritional
retention -> Fluid overload ... -> - CHF
TRALI vs TACO - Transfusion Reactions
TRALI:
 • Epidemiology: 0.1% of transfused patientsl
 • Risk factors: Critical
: Age>60, CKD, CHF ... Pathophysiology: Volume overload