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Severe Heart Failure & Cardiogenic Shock - Management Checklist 
Evaluation 
 - EKG & echocardiography
- Management Checklist ... congestion (no ... B-lines on ultrasound ... congestion, assessment ... #Checklist #CHF
Shock - Diagnosis and Management Summary
 • Hypotension: SBP<90, SBP drop >40, MAP<65 (Normotension, HTN possible
Shock - Diagnosis ... Setup - Ultrasound ... veins, dilated IVC ... Tamponade - Pulmonary ... #Diagnosis #Management
VExUS - Venous Excess Ultrasound Score 

The Venous Excess UltraSound (VExUS) grading system prototypes combining inferior
(VExUS) grading ... inferior vena cava (IVC ... #Score #Scale #IVC ... #Congestion #Diagnosis ... POCUS #Clinical #Grading
Venous Excess Ultrasound (VExUS) - Fluid Overload and Venous Congestion Assessment
Step 1: IVC Diameter: If >2cm,
Venous Excess Ultrasound ... ): IVC >2cm and ... #VenousExcess #Ultrasound ... #VExUS #diagnosis ... #grading #grades
Pancreatitis management checklist 
Evaluation to guide etiology & management 
 - RUQ ultrasound 
 - Calcium
Pancreatitis management checklist ... management - RUQ ultrasound ... as for septic shock ... #Pancreatitis #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management
VExUS - Venous Excess Ultrasound Score 
Grade 0 - IVC grade < 3, HD grade 0,
Venous Excess Ultrasound ... Score Grade 0 - IVC ... Venous #Excess #Ultrasound ... #Congestion #Diagnosis ... POCUS #Clinical #Grading
Diuretics and Agents Regulating Renal Excretion

Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors (Acetazolamide, Dichlorphenamide)
 • Glaucoma
 • Epilepsy
 • Altitude
disequilibrium syndrome • Diagnosis ... Torsemide) • Acute pulmonary ... associated with congestive ... Association class IV ... • Hypovolemic shock
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
perfusion status and congestion ... Signs of congestion ... importantly, bedside ultrasound ... with presence of pulmonary ... essentially Cardiogenic Shock
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
- Differential Diagnosis ... heart is pounding, racing ... heart disease • Congestive ... Pheochromocytoma • Pulmonary ... palpitations: PVC
Severe Influenza Checklist

Diagnostic tests 
 - Blood cultures x2 
 - Sputum gram stain & culture
Severe Influenza Checklist ... Diagnostic tests ... function tests - Ultrasound ... - CT scan if diagnostic ... lab-confirmed influenza, pulmonary