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Shock Overview
A state of tissue hypoxia due to decreased or dysregulated oxygen delivery or extraction, resulting
Shock Overview ... occurring in the setting ... develop in the setting ... management #Overview #criticalcare ... #differential #
Shock Overview
A state of tissue hypoxia due to decreased or dysregulated oxygen delivery or extraction, resulting
Shock Overview ... occurring in the setting ... develop in the setting ... management #Overview #criticalcare ... #differential #
Approach to Undifferentiated Shock - OnePager Summary
Shock occurs when there is inadequate blood flow (CO) &
Undifferentiated Shock ... OnePager Summary Shock ... Renal Losses(salt-wasting ... #diagnosis #differential ... guyton #curves #criticalcare
Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Type A: Impaired O2 Delivery (DO2)
 • Decreased O2 Delivery: Hypotension
Lactic Acidosis - Differential ... Cardiogenic & Septic Shock ... separate D-lactate testing ... Lactic #Acidosis #Differential ... #Diagnosis #criticalcare
Approach to Tracheostomy Emergencies - OnePager Summary
COMPONENTS OF A TRACHEOSTOMY TUBE:
 • Obturator - inserted into
Pilot balloon ... prevents speech & eating ... Emergencies #diagnosis #differential ... management #pulmonary #criticalcare ... #airway #anatomy
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
our friends from Cardiology ... alterations in the setting ... only 5% of the resting ... heart (Sepsis, Shock ... foamed #algorithm #criticalcare
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
our friends from Cardiology ... alterations in the setting ... only 5% of the resting ... heart (Sepsis, Shock ... management #clinical #criticalcare
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
essentially Cardiogenic Shock ... #diagnosis #differential ... algorithm #management #cardiology ... heartfailure #chf #criticalcare
Causes of Myocarditis 
1. Infectious Myocarditis
 • Bacterial - Staphylococcus, Streptococcus, Pneumococcus, Meningococcus, Gonococcus, Salmonella, Corynebacterium
Miscellaneous - Scorpion sting ... Radiation, Electric Shock ... Myocarditis #Causes #differential ... #diagnosis #cardiology