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POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
POCUS Echocardiography ... - Table of Cardiac ... View (PLAX) • ... Flow Doppler #Anatomy ... #POCUS #Cardiac
Malignant Pericardial Effusion causing Tamponade on POCUS

Parasternal long with some RV collapse explaining this cancer patient's
Malignant Pericardial Effusion ... causing Tamponade on POCUS ... Parasternal long ... #Malignant #Cardiac ... #Clinical #PLAX
Mechanical Cardiac Support Devices Compared
Cannula Size - Insertion Technique - Haemodynarnic Support
IABP:
 • Afterload: Reduced
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Slightly reduced • PCW ... pre-load: Reduced • PCW ... pre-load: Reduced • PCW ... Slightly reduced • PCW ... Comparison #cardiology #management
Pleural effusion visualized as an anechoic fluid collection located cephalad to the arrows. #Clinical #EM #Radiology
Pleural effusion ... EM #Radiology #PCC ... #POCUS #Lung #Sagittal
Chagas Disease (American trypanosomiasis) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Acute Chagas Disease (8-12 weeks):
 • Mild: Malaise,
Diagnosis and Management ... myocarditis, pericardial effusion ... PCR is gold standard ... PCR not useful for ... clinical evidence of cardiac
DETROIT CARDIOGENIC SHOCK INITIATIVE ALGORITHM

INCLUSION CRITERIA
Acute Myocardial Infarction
 Ischemic Symptoms
 EKG and/or biomarker evidence of AMI
Fick calculated cardiac ... IF LVEDP >15 or Cardiac ... Index < 2.2 AND anatomy ... Angiography & PCI ... DCSI #Initiative #Management
Amyloidosis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Parasternal long axis (PLAX)
Pt with systemic AL amyloidosis presents with 1
Amyloidosis on POCUS ... - Parasternal long ... axis (PLAX) Pt ... large pericardial effusion ... #POCUS #clinical
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
Diagnosis and Management ... absence of intrinsic lung ... defect (Type 1) or anatomic ... left heart 3-6 cardiac ... on radioactive lung
Predicting an anatomically and/or physiologically challenging airway is not a straightforward task by any stretch of
emergency airway management ... prediction models only focus ... Extremes of size, Anatomic ... Diagnosis #EM #PCC
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
- Cataract Plan ... Recent PCI/stenting ... since elective PCI ... unless prior heart/lung ... medical and surgical management