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Pediatric Tachycardia with a Pulse and Poor Perfusion Algorithm
#Diagnosis #Management #PALS2015 #Tachycardia #SVT #Algorithm
Pulse and Poor Perfusion ... Algorithm #Diagnosis ... Tachycardia #SVT #Algorithm
Shock - Pathophysiology 
Inadequate tissue perfusion to meet O2, nutrient requirements
1. Distributive Shock
2. Hypovolemic Shock
3. Cardiogenic
Inadequate tissue perfusion ... #differential #diagnosis ... #algorithm #causes
Hypoxemia Differential Diagnosis Algorithm by A-a Gradient

Normal A-a Gradient:
 • ↓ Atmospheric pressure
 • Hypoventilation: CNS
Hypoxemia Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm by A-a ... (↑Shunting), ↓Perfusion ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #pulmonary
Causes of Hypoxemia- Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Ventilation/perfusion Mismatch
 • Airway Disease (Asthma, COPD)
 • Vascular (PE*)
 •
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Ventilation ... /perfusion Mismatch ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #Causes
Causes of Cyanosis in the Newborn - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Peripheral Only:
 • Poor Perfusion
 • Acrocyanosis
Hemoglobinopathy:
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Peripheral ... Only: • Poor Perfusion ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #Causes
Approach to using the perfusion scan in Brain Death Evaluation

Like any diagnostic test, a flow scan
Approach to using the perfusion ... Evaluation Like any diagnostic ... #Diagnosis #CriticalCare ... NuclearMed #BrainDeath #Perfusion ... #Scan #Algorithm
European Resuscitation Council–European Society of Intensive Care Medicine algorithm for neuroprognostication after cardiac arrest. Reproduced from
Care Medicine algorithm ... from [12] with permission ... potentials #Diagnosis ... Neuroprognostication #Prognosis #Algorithm
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
simply a clinical diagnosis ... clinical parameters: perfusion ... Signs of poor perfusion ... Adequate perfusion ... #algorithm #management
Physiologic Approach to Hypotonic Hyponatremia
The next time you have a case of hypotonic hyponatremia, give the
normal volume-based algorithm ... with poor renal perfusion ... #differential #diagnosis
BUN/Creatinine ratio differentiate between acute and chronic renal disease.
Prerenal azotemia appears when there is poor renal
is poor renal perfusion ... ratio = < 10:1 #diagnosis ... #algorithm #renal