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Pulmonary Embolism - Risk Stratification and Prognostication based on scores and clinical features

 • Bova score
Pulmonary Embolism ... - Risk Stratification ... #Embolism #Risk ... prognostication #diagnosis #management ... stratification #criticalcare
Pulmonary Embolism Treatment
Systemic Thrombolysis
 - Exclude contraindications.
 - Indications:
   - Massive PE (definite indication)
Pulmonary Embolism ... submassive PE (risk ... @nickmmark #Pulmonary ... Treatment #AcutePE #Management ... #CriticalCare
Kussmaul's Sign on Physical Exam

Kussmaul sign is a paradoxical rise in jugular venous pressure (JVP) on
a paradoxical rise ... Neck #Clinical #Video ... #PhysicalExam # ... Cardiology #JVP
Flail Chest- Check out the paradoxical chest wall movement 
Typical management: opiates for analgesia, intubation due
movement Typical management ... Pattern #Trauma #Video ... #Clinical #PhysicalExam ... #Pulmonary #Respiratory
Severe Tricuspid Regurgitation demonstrated in the Cephalic Vein

Patient with severe pulmonary hypertension and severe tricuspid regurgitation.
Patient with severe pulmonary ... #CephalicVein #PhysicalExam ... #Cardiology #Clinical ... #Video
In July 2015 the ACC/AHA proposed and published an algorithm to help stratify cardiac arrest patients
NSTEMI #Activation #Risk ... Stratfication #Management ... #Cardiology #CriticalCare
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
Preoperative Risk ... murmur 3/6) - Pulmonary ... days before Pulmonary ... one post op Cardiology ... medical and surgical management
Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation (NIPPV)

Expiratory & Inspiratory Positive Airway Pressure
Both increase intrathoracic pressure, which can decrease
exacerbation (cardiogenic pulmonary ... Post-extubation in high risk ... facial hair) • Risk ... #indications #criticalcare ... #management
Kussmaul's sign in Constrictive Pericarditis 

A 50-year-old woman with a remote history of mediastinal lymphoma (age
evaluate her JVP (video ... the paradoxical rise ... Kussmauls #Sign #PhysicalExam ... #Video #Clinical ... Pericarditis #Cardiology
Kussmaul's Sign and Friedreich's Sign on Neck Examination

A middle-aged M with unknown PMH presents with dyspnea.
demonstrated in the video ... Kussmaul's (JVP rise ... Friedreichs #Neck #JVP #PhysicalExam ... #Clinical #Video ... #Cardiology