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Shock - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 - MAP <65. SBP <90, drop in SBP > 40
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Diagnosis Framework ... Obstructive: Pulmonary Embolism ... Pneumothorax, Cardiac ... #criticalcare #algorithm ... #treatment #management
Shock Types - Classification
State of cellular and tissue hypoxia due to: reduced oxygen delivery, increased oxygen
Shock Types - Classification ... infarction, following cardiac ... massive pulmonary embolism ... pneumothorax, cardiac ... #diagnosis #management
Shock Classification
Shock Definition: State of cellular and tissue hypoxia due to: reduced oxygen delivery, increased oxygen
• Most common type ... massive pulmonary embolism ... pneumothorax, cardiac ... Classification #Types ... #diagnosis #management
Pericardial Tamponade in a Shock Patient

Watch how the heart collapses and struggles to beat in surrounding
Tamponade in a Shock ... good enough at diagnosing ... #Clinical #POCUS ... #Echocardiogram ... #Cardiac #Tamponade
Myocarditis
Diagnosis 
• Endomyocardial biopsy (gold standard, rarely performed) 
• Clinical presentation 
• Cardiovascular MRI 
Clinical 
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Myocarditis Diagnosis ... performed) • Clinical ... Abnormal ECG, echocardiogram ... • Cardiogenic shock ... , sudden cardiac
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
• Pulmonary embolus ... LVEDd > 6.0 cm, LV thrombus ... Pts: cardiogenic shock ... and timing with Cardio-OB ... follow-up with Cardio-OB
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
diagnosis but rather ... hemodynamics and cardiac ... essentially Cardiogenic Shock ... Cardiac cath if ... #algorithm #management
This is the bedside Echo of a critically ill young lady who was transferred in profound
Her working diagnoses ... save lives. - Sam ... #POCUS #Cardiac ... A4C #MassivePE #Embolism ... #Thrombus #Clots
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
of the resting cardiac ... heart (Sepsis, Shock ... #diagnosis #algorithm ... #cardiology #echocardiogram ... #management #clinical
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
event, follow ACC algorithm ... Change in clinical ... What is the type ... medical and surgical management ... stratification #diagnosis