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POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
- Table of Cardiac ... Echocardiogram #Heart ... Orientations #Atlas #Map ... #Comparison #Table ... Echocardiography #Cardiology
Amyloidosis Diagnosis
1) Patient presentation
 • Cardiac-specific signs of amyloidosis: Diastolic heart failure, Heart failure with preserved
Amyloidosis Diagnosis ... , Infiltrative cardiomyopathy ... diphosphonate (DPD ... to 3 based on comparison ... #cardiology
Pericardial Consistency Comparison on POCUS - Blood, Fat, Pus and Serous

Unclotted blood remains anechoic around clotted
Fat pad has echoes ... move with the heart ... Purulent pceff may ... independently from cardiac ... #Fluid #POCUS #
Fluid Responsiveness and Fluid Tolerance Testing - OnePager Summary
Fluid resuscitation can be beneficial when required or
responsiveness due to heart ... PCWP approximates LAP ... a decrease in MAP ... Tolerance #testing #diagnosis ... #criticalcare #comparison
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
pregnancy • May ... exertion, orthopnea, PND ... and timing with Cardio-OB ... follow-up with Cardio-OB ... #cardiology #treatment
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
Decompensated Heart ... JVD, Orthopnea/PND ... hemodynamics and cardiac ... Cardiac cath if ... algorithm #management #cardiology
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
any evidence of fluid ... exam Determine Cardiac ... one post op Cardiology ... postoperative cardiac ... stratification #diagnosis
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
/ hypoxemia -> focus ... treatments include fluid ... perfusion - Cardiac ... failure - Low cardiac ... ischemia (90% sensitivity
This infographic provides a mnemonic tool called “WOBBLER” for assessing an ECG (electrocardiogram) in cases of
risk of sudden cardiac ... underlying structural heart ... Epsilon #clinical #diagnosis ... risk for sudden cardiac ... #cardiology #differential