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Shock Classification and Differential Diagnosis
SHOCK
 • MAP <65, SBP <90, drop in SBP > 40
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and Differential Diagnosis ... Insufficiency, Liver Failure ... Medications, Spinal Cord Injury ... Decompensated CHF ... #Types #criticalcare
Kussmaul's Sign on Physical Exam

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

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What’s the diagnosis ... and other rarer causes ... of right-sided HF ... #physicalexam #clinical ... #video #jvp #cardiology
Kussmaul's sign in Constrictive Pericarditis 

A 50-year-old woman with a remote history of mediastinal lymphoma (age
(video). ... the underlying diagnosis ... Causes = RV failure ... #Clinical #Neck ... Pericarditis #Cardiology
Quincke's Pulse in a patient with a normal echocardiogram (non-valvular)

A 70 y/o man presents with new
, and elevated JVP ... is identified (video ... confirm high-output HF ... diastolic heart failure ... AorticRegurgitation #Diagnosis
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
auscultation, JVD ... essentially Cardiogenic Shock ... the determined cause ... #heartfailure #chf ... #criticalcare #
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
may precede the neurologic ... Infection/Sepsis/Shock ... agents, Renal failure ... the underlying cause ... with AEDs until cause
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

S/Sx: Most pts asymptomatic. Weakness, cramping, nausea, paresthesias, palpitations,
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis ... , rhabdo/crush injury ... Na delivery): CHF ... only if no clear cause ... hypertonic Amp IVP
Lazarus Reflex on Physical Exam

The Lazarus sign is a reflex movement observed in brain-dead or brainstem
after brain death diagnosis ... reported in some cases ... #PhysicalExam #clinical ... #video #neurology ... #criticalcare #