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Severe Heart Failure & Cardiogenic Shock - Management Checklist 
Evaluation 
 - EKG & echocardiography
Evaluation - EKG ... patients With chronic ... #Checklist #CHF ... #HeartFailure # ... Cardiology #Management
Myocarditis 

5 Principles of
Myocarditis:
1. Build clinical suspicion
2. Decide on EMBx
3. Manage acute cardiac injury
4. Manage chronic
Manage chronic cardiac ... Treat myocarditis ... Fulminant: - Acute HF ... , Cardiogenic shock ... Pericarditis, Tamponade EKG
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
like acute or chronic ... illness, clinical ... acute shortness of breath ... Pumonary cardiogenic ... #Radiology #CXR
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Fraction (HFrEF) Clinical ... *Chronic HFrEF may ... → no signs of CXR ... Jcortesizaguirr #HFrEF #heartfailure ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy
Chronic Hypertension:
 • Guidelines as SBP ≥130 or DBP ≥ 90 mmHg
 •
measurements at least ... And Proteinuria (e.g ... diagnosis so have high clinical ... htn #obstetrics #cardiology ... #differential #
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
ECG is vital while ... is essentially Cardiogenic ... #diagnosis #differential ... table #foamed #heartfailure ... #chf #criticalcare
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Differential Diagnosis ... May have typical HF ... Minority of Pts: cardiogenic ... Postpartum Period • Breast-feeding ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
pneumonia • Chronic ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... • Diminished breath ... Blood cultures • CXR ... early disease) • CXR
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy (PPCM)

What is PPCM?
• A form of acute systolic heart failure that develops late in
Cesarean delivery Clinical ... escalate to: ⚠️ Cardiogenic ... Key Point: High clinical ... , selenium) Differential ... congestion on a CXR