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POCUS - Measuring Cardiac Output
1) Calculate LVOT Area
2) Calculate LVOT VTI
3) Calculate Cardiac Output

SV = (LVOT
Measuring Cardiac Output ... Calculate Cardiac Output ... SV = (LVOT Area ... CO (mL/min) = SV ... Pocus101 #Cardiac #Output
Stroke Volume & Cardiac Output Measurement on POCUS
Accurately measure LVOT diameter:
1. Obtain PLAX 
2. Zoom to
Volume & Cardiac Output ... LVOT Diam/2) 2 SV ... Volume #Cardiac #Output
Causes of Urinary Incontinence - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 - Transient - Easily reversible cause (DIAPPERS)
Causes of Urinary ... Easily reversible cause ... Excessive urine output ... • Bladder Outlet ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Drugs Causing Acute Pancreatitis

Class Ia: The medications in which there was a rechallenge and other causes
rechallenge and other causes ... out other common causes ... Class II: Cases ... and atleast4 case ... #Pancreatitis #Causes
Simplified Approach to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
1) IS THIS AN EMERGENCY? 
Is there a dialysis indication
PROBLEM ~80% of AKI cases ... are caused by prerenal ... If the urine output ... CONSIDER INTRINSIC CAUSES ... for WBCs, RBCs, casts
Mean Arterial Pressure (MAP)

Average arterial pressure throughout one cardiac cycle, systole, and diastole. 
Surrogate indicator of
MAP = [Cardiac Output ... Cardiac output ( ... Stroke Volume (SV ... increasing cardiac output ... cardiacoutput #Co #SV
Normal urine output 
- 0.5 to 1.5 cc/kg/hour 
- A patient should be urinating at least
Normal urine output ... Decreased urine output ... minimal urine output ... adults #urine #output
High Output Heart Failure - Pathophysiology and Differential Diagnosis
Obesity - Systemic Vasodilation, Vasoactive Adipokines
Arteriovenous Fistula -
High Output Heart ... cardionerds #High #Output ... Diagnosis #cardiology #causes
Medications Used in Congestive Heart Failure

In CHF, the heart is failing as a pump; cardiac output
pump; cardiac output ... CHF also causes ... increase cardiac output
Decompensated Heart Failure Management Strategies

Wet (volume overloaded) vs Dry (euvolemic) and Cold (low cardiac output) vs
Cold (low cardiac output ... normal cardiac output