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POCUS Pearls for Tamponade
- Pericardial Effusion
- Diastolic Right Ventricular Collapse
- Systolic Right Atrial Collapse
- Plethoric Inferior
POCUS Pearls for Tamponade ... @SAlerhand #Cardiac ... #Diagnosis #Evaluation ... #Cardiology #Effusion ... #Echocardiogram
Pericardial Tamponade in a Shock Patient

Watch how the heart collapses and struggles to beat in surrounding
good enough at diagnosing ... -Sam Ghali @EM_RESUS ... Clinical #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #Cardiac #Tamponade ... #Pericardial #Effusion
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Chest Pain:
 • Myocardium:
	- Myocarditis
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
	- Myopericarditis
- Differential Diagnosis ... Vascular: - Aortic ... Pericarditis - Tamponade ... • Pleura: - Effusion ... #Causes #Cardiology
Pulse Abnormalities - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unequal/DeIayed:
 • Obstructive arterial disease (ie. Atherosclerosis)
 • Aortic dissection
 •
- Differential Diagnosis ... pressure >10mmHg: • Cardiac ... tamponade • AECOPD ... Abnormalities #Disorders #Cardiology ... #Algorithm #causes
Syncope - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Neurocardiogenic:
 • Vasovagal
 • Orthostatic Hypotension
 • Autonomic Neuropathy
 • Situational (micturition,
• Mitral/Aortic ... Tamponade ... Sinus Syndrome (SA ... Syndrome #Syncope #Cardiology ... #Algorithm #causes
Hemorrhagic Pericardial Effusions (Hemopericardium)- Differential Diagnosis Framework

IATROGENIC DISEASE
Secondary to invasive cardiac procedures

NONIATROGENIC
• Malignancy (e.g., metastatic spread:
- Differential Diagnosis ... infarction • Aortic ... OTHER RARE CAUSES ... • PRIMARY Cardiac ... #cardiology
Constrictive Pericarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Apical 3-Chamber View

Young Lupus patient admitted to hospital new onset
could pinpoint the cause ... has pericardial effusion ... can be seen in tamponade ... Had diagnostic tap-fever ... #clinical #cardiology
Hypotension - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Hypotension is commonly due to unnecessarily deep anaesthesia, the autonomic
rate, rhythm, perfusion ... consider: o Cardiac ... tamponade → 3-9 ... Sepsis → 3-14 o Cardiac ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis
Complex Pericardial Effusion with Tamponade on POCUS Echocardiogram - A4C
Pt sent to ED c intradialytic hypotension.
on POCUS Echocardiogram ... consider serious causes ... #Cardiac #Tamponade ... #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... A4C #clinical #cardiology
Complex Pericardial Effusion with Tamponade on POCUS Echocardiogram - PLAX
Pt sent to ED c intradialytic hypotension.
on POCUS Echocardiogram ... consider serious causes ... #Cardiac #Tamponade ... #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... PLAX #clinical #cardiology