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Pericardial Tamponade in a Shock Patient

Watch how the heart collapses and struggles to beat in surrounding
Pericardial Tamponade ... good enough at diagnosing ... @EM_RESUS #Clinical ... Echocardiogram #Cardiac ... #Effusion
Shock - Diagnosis and Management Summary
 • Hypotension: SBP<90, SBP drop >40, MAP<65 (Normotension, HTN possible
Shock - Diagnosis ... pericarditis, Pericardial ... Cardiac surgery? ... #criticalcare #treatment ... #workup
Cardiac Tamponade - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Caused by an accumulation of blood, pus, effusion fluid
Cardiac Tamponade ... of blood, pus, effusion ... thoracotomy is a better treatment ... toward the largest pericardial ... #Management #Workup
HHV8/KSHV-reIated diseases: From Cellular Proliferation to Hyperinflammation
Kaposi sarcoma (KS):
 • Target organs: Ubiquitous (cutaneous and mucosal
predominance) • Clinical ... organs: Pleural, pericardial ... features: Effusion ... , B symptoms • ... diseases #comparison #diagnosis
Candidemia Workup and Management - IDSA Guidelines
1) Antibiotics
 • Empiric: Echinocandins (e.g. micafungin) for most patients
Candidemia Workup ... involvement • Cardiac ... or TEE unless clinical ... dictated by symptoms ... #candidiasis #treatment
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
mononeuritis multiplex WORKUP ... EGPA (↓ LVEF, pericardial ... effusion) • PFTs ... or serologies + symptoms ... #management #treatment
Chagas Disease (American trypanosomiasis) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Acute Chagas Disease (8-12 weeks):
 • Mild: Malaise,
Acute myocarditis, pericardial ... effusion, meningoencephalitis ... • Treatment: ... evidence of cardiac ... evidence of cardiac
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
shunt (Type 2) Clinical ... left heart 3-6 cardiac ... ) on room air Treatment ... resolution of symptoms ... #management #treatment
Malignant Pericardial Effusion and Tamponade on POCUS Echocardiogram - A4C
CA patient with known pericardial effusion who
Malignant Pericardial ... Effusion and Tamponade ... treatment. ... #Cardiac #POCUS ... #clinical #Echocardiogram
Adult-Onset Still's Disease
Clinical triad: Fever, Arthralgia/arthritis, Skin rash ± odynophagia
+ Biological inflammation: Increased neutrophils, Hyperferritinemia, decreased
Still's Disease Clinical ... Differential Diaqnoses ... , DIC, TMA • Cardiac ... Pulmonary: pleural effusion ... #management #treatment