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POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac ... Right Ventricular (RV ... -Chamber View (A4C ... Right Ventricular (RV ... Anatomy #POCUS #Cardiac
Pulmonary Arterial Catheterization – Use and Interpretation:
-Pulmonary arterial catheterization (PAC) has never been shown to improve
catheterization (PAC ... hypertension or cardiac ... are -cardiac output ... (ie, cardiac index ... PCWP #Pressures #SVR
Mechanical Ventilation: The Basics
In the most basic sense, ventilator modes are defined by their control variable
Volume Control (AC ... 6-8 cc/kg IBW, RR ... to achieve Vte, RR ... Unlike in AC modes ... if in an SBT, RR
Right Heart Catheterization - Pulmonary Artery Pressures and Calculations
PULMONARY VASCULAR RESISTANCE = (meanPAP-PCWP) / CO
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≤ 0.9 predicts RV ... 1.85 predicts RV ... CARDIAC POWER OUTPUT ... much as 40% in cardiac ... Ahmed Ghoneem, MD MSc
Shock - Differential Diagnosis Framework
MAP = CO x SVR
Hypovolemic (↓ Intravascular volume):
 • Hemorrhage, dehydration due
Framework MAP = CO x SVR ... Cardiogenic (Intra-cardiac ... Obstructive (Extra-cardiac ... → tension PTX, cardiac ... PAH • ↓ CO, ↑ SVR
Cardiac Maneuvers and Effects on Murmurs

Valsalva Standing - Decr BIood Return to LV
Laying Down, Squatting, Straight
Cardiac Maneuvers ... Afterload Post PVC ... Diast Time) #Cardiac
Cardiac Rupture with Pericardial Effusion

Apical 4 chamber. Note larger right sided pericardial effusion with significant compression
Cardiac Rupture ... concerning for cardiac ... Shortly after had cardiac ... RJonesSonoEM #Rupture #Cardiac ... ultrasound #Cardiology #A4c
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
, PSC, IgG4, HLH ... stone, Malignancy, PBC ... , PSC, Cystic fibrosis ... Skeletal muscle, cardiac ... Skeletal muscle, cardiac
Systemic Sclerosis (Scleroderma)
Multi-system autoimmune disease characterized by vasculopathy and progressive fibrosis of skin and internal organs
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of Scleroderma (SSc ... Symptoms: • Cardiac ... pericarditis • Hepatic: PBC ... #Scleroderma #SSc
ICU Pre-Rounding Bundle Checklist
VITALS: trends!
 • Important to know if the pt is getting better or
and the vent (RR ... • AC/VC (VTE/RR/ ... P plateau) • AC ... /PC (PC/PEEP/RR/ ... If so, know PS,