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Traditionally, congestive heart failure has been classified according to severity of symptoms, first formulated by the
to severity of symptoms ... sometimes advanced treatment ... III and class IV symptoms ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... #HeartFailure #
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
- Differential Diagnosis ... • Diffuse Lung ... • Pulmonary Embolism ... #RightSided #HeartFailure ... #Cardiology #Differential
Iron Deficiency in Heart Failure
Pathophysiology:
Chronic heart failure leads to an increase in inflammatory cytokines → Inflammation
functional ID) Treatment ... improvement in symptoms ... iron #deficiency #CHF ... #HFrEF #heartfailure ... #cardiology
In order to better classify heart failure, the American College of Cardiology Foundation and the American
American College of Cardiology ... With treatment, ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... #CHF #Congestive ... #HeartFailure #
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Fraction (HFrEF) Clinical ... Typical symptoms ... Less Typical Symptoms ... Jcortesizaguirr #HFrEF #heartfailure ... #cardiology #pharmacology
Krabbe Disease 

Check out this interesting case of Krabbe disease, a rare genetic leukodystrophy. Diagnosis was
this interesting case ... Diagnosis was made ... testing and expedite treatment ... neurotoxic • Symptoms ... • Dec NAA, inc Cho
TRALI vs TACO - Transfusion Reactions
TRALI:
 • Epidemiology: 0.1% of transfused patientsl
 • Risk factors: Critical
without other cause ... ARDS to explain symptoms ... : Age>60, CKD, CHF ... Reactions #hematology #diagnosis ... #comparison #table
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
the determined cause ... algorithm #management #cardiology ... #treatment #table ... #foamed #heartfailure ... #chf #criticalcare
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
has five major clinical ... muscle aches, joint ... fungal stain of clinical ... change in the lungs ... nails, bronchi, lungs
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
exclude other causes ... • Pulmonary embolus ... May have typical HF ... #management #cardiology ... #treatment