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Acute Fatty Liver of Pregnancy (AFLP)
Pathophysiology:
 • Defect in fetal free fatty acid metabolism products →
acid metabolism products ... = nonspecific (nausea ... Cr, ↓Glucose, ↓PLT ... ) Differential Diagnosis ... Liver #Pregnancy #hepatology
Fluid Responsiveness and Fluid Tolerance Testing - OnePager Summary
Fluid resuscitation can be beneficial when required or
15% increase in cardiac ... output causes increases ... Tolerance #testing #diagnosis ... #criticalcare # ... comparison #challenges #management
Blood Product Transfusions One Pager Summary
Type and screen - determines blood type and detects in recipient
Causes purpura & ... TRALI): Leading cause ... - Transfusion Cardiac ... #Transfusions #diagnosis ... #management #hematology
Blood Transfusion Reactions

Immune Mediated:
 • Febrile Non-Hemolytic Transfusion Reaction (FNHTR): Most common immune reaction to transfusion.
Causes purpura & ... TRALI): Leading cause ... • Transfusion Cardiac ... #Transfusion #diagnosis ... #management #hematology
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
of the resting cardiac ... #diagnosis #algorithm ... #cardiology #echocardiogram ... #management #clinical ... #criticalcare #
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
exclude other causes ... and timing with Cardio-OB ... Avoid estrogen products ... follow-up with Cardio-OB ... #management #cardiology
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
Cardiac cath if ... the determined cause ... #algorithm #management ... #cardiology #treatment ... heartfailure #chf #criticalcare
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
of the resting cardiac ... treat the primary cause ... may not be the case ... #diagnosis #management ... foamed #algorithm #criticalcare