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POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
View • Right Ventricular ... (RV) Inflow View ... -Chamber View (A4C ... (RV) Outflow View ... Echocardiography #Cardiology
Bedside Classification of Shock

Hypovolemic shock 

- Vomiting, diarrhea, overdiuresis 

- Hemorrhage (GI, peritoneal, RP) 

Distributive shock
Anaphylaxis - Post-cardiac ... Pancreatitis RV ... chronic PH - RV ... infarction Tamponade ... Comparison #Table #Diagnosis
Pericardial Tamponade
Beck's Triad 
1. Hypotension 
2. Jugular venous distension 
3. Muffled heart sounds 
Patient will be
Pericardial Tamponade ... diastolic collapse of RV ... #Pericardial #Cardiac ... #Triad #Diagnosis ... #Cardiology
Malignant Pericardial Effusion causing Cardiac Tamponade on Echocardiogram (A4c)
Hypotensive + respiratory distress. At first glance you
(A4c) Hypotensive ... you might think "RV ... effusion crushing the RV ... tamponade! ... echocardiogram #POCUS #cardiology
Pulmonary Artery Catheter Pressures
Normal: RA 0-8, RV 15-25/0-8, Mean PAP <25, PCWP 8-12, Cardiac Index 2.6-4.2
HFrEF,
Normal: RA 0-8, RV ... 25, PCWP 8-12, Cardiac ... Right-to-Left Shunt Tamponade ... #Hemodynamics #Cardiology ... #diagnosis
Malignant Pericardial Effusion causing Cardiac Tamponade on Echocardiogram (S4c)
Hypotensive + respiratory distress. At first glance you
(S4c) Hypotensive ... you might think "RV ... effusion crushing the RV ... tamponade! ... echocardiogram #POCUS #cardiology
Right Heart Catheterization Cheat Sheet: Interpretation of Pressures and Waveforms 
Direct measurements
 ● Central venous pressure
pressures (RA, RV ... PCWP]/CO) ● Cardiac ... passive filling of RV ... Interpretation #Diagnosis ... CheatSheet #Waveforms #Cardiology
Shock Classification
Shock Definition: State of cellular and tissue hypoxia due to: reduced oxygen delivery, increased oxygen
Shock Classification ... Pulmonary vascular → RV ... venous return/ventricular ... tamponade, constrictive ... #Types #diagnosis
Shock Types - Classification
State of cellular and tissue hypoxia due to: reduced oxygen delivery, increased oxygen
Shock Types - Classification ... Puimonary vascular → RV ... venous return/ventricular ... tamponade, constrictive ... #types #diagnosis
Mechanical Complications in Acute Myocardial Infarction
Acute LV/RV Dysfunction:
 • Regional wall motion, systolic and diastolic function,
Infarction Acute LV/RV ... • Features of tamponade ... HTN and LV/RV dysfunction ... Infarction #acuteMI #cardiology ... #differential #diagnosis