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Shock - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 - MAP <65. SBP <90, drop in SBP > 40
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Insufficiency, Liver Failure ... Medications, Spinal Cord Injury ... Dehydration Shock Treatment ... Differential #Diagnosis #criticalcare ... #algorithm #treatment
Traditionally, congestive heart failure has been classified according to severity of symptoms, first formulated by the
congestive heart failure ... end-stage heart failure ... sometimes advanced treatment ... flare ups that cause ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
TOPCAT - Spironolactone for Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction

N Engl J Med 2014; 370:1383-1392 https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa1313731

CONCLUSIONS:
Spironolactone for Heart Failure ... patients with heart failure ... ejection fraction, treatment ... cardiovascular causes ... #HFpEF #dCHF #Cardiology
Iron Deficiency in Heart Failure
Pathophysiology:
Chronic heart failure leads to an increase in inflammatory cytokines → Inflammation
Chronic heart failure ... → Inflammation causes ... functional ID) Treatment ... endpoint of all-cause ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
inflammatory lung injury ... overload with heart failure ... there is no clear cause ... the underlying cause ... Diagnosis #Management #CriticalCare
Kussmaul's Sign on Physical Exam

What’s the diagnosis?
Severe biventeicular failure with + Kussmaul sign! NICM. No constriction!

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biventeicular failure ... and other rarer causes ... Kussmauls #Sign #physicalexam ... clinical #video #jvp #cardiology
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
Causes of Lactate ... liver or renal injury ... perfusion - shock->treatments ... before beginning treatment ... gluconeogenesis Liver Injury
STAGES of CHF (A, B, C, D), however, describe the severity of structural abnormalities that impair
end-stage heart failure ... sometimes advanced treatment ... flare ups that cause ... Treatments may include ... #Management #Cardiology
Kussmaul's sign in Constrictive Pericarditis 

A 50-year-old woman with a remote history of mediastinal lymphoma (age
Causes = RV failure ... pericarditis (this case ... Kussmauls #Sign #PhysicalExam ... Pericarditis #Cardiology
In order to better classify heart failure, the American College of Cardiology Foundation and the American
classify heart failure ... American College of Cardiology ... With treatment, ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... Classification #Stages #Classes