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Aortic Dissection - Diagnosis and Management Summary
 • HPI: sudden onset, "tearing" chest pain, radiation to
Aortic Dissection ... Management Summary ... concurrent stroke-like symptoms ... #Dissection #Diagnosis ... #Management #summary
This is a suprasternal notch view demonstrating an aortic flap in a patient with a Stanford
dissection. ... Suprasternal notch ... suspicious signs/symptoms ... for a more rapid diagnosis ... Clinical #POCUS #CardiacUS
Shock Types - Classification
State of cellular and tissue hypoxia due to: reduced oxygen delivery, increased oxygen
Mechanical → severe aortic ... valvular rupture, dissection ... of ascending aorta ... pneumothorax, cardiac ... #diagnosis #management
Shock Classification
Shock Definition: State of cellular and tissue hypoxia due to: reduced oxygen delivery, increased oxygen
• Most common type ... valvular rupture, dissection ... of ascending aorta ... Classification #Types ... #diagnosis #management
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
Summary A defect ... diffusion-perfusion defect (Type ... anatomic shunt (Type ... left heart 3-6 cardiac ... resolution of symptoms
Relapsing Polychondritis

What is it?
Recurrent inflammation of the cartilage in the body (Autoimmune disorder)

Who?
• Most frequently: 40
ethnicities Symptoms ... + Nonspecific symptoms ... vessel aneurysms • Cardiac ... Antibodies to type ... #management