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The H2FPEF score and point allocations
for each clinical characteristic (top), with
associated probability of having heart failure
with
The H2FPEF score ... on the total score ... H2FPEF #HFPEF #Score ... #CHF #Diastolic ... #Diastology #Cardiology
POCUS B-Lines #Clinical #EM #PCC #Radiology #POCUS #BLines #CHF
B-Lines #Clinical #EM ... #PCC #Radiology ... POCUS #BLines #CHF
Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF) - Guideline Directed Medical Therapy
 • Beta-blocker
 • ACE,
2 Inhibitor CORE ... Heart #Failure #CHF ... management #GDMT #cardiology
Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF) - Guideline Directed Medical Therapy - Initiation Strategies

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→ ARNI →MRA CORE ... Heart #Failure #CHF ... management #GDMT #cardiology
Serious Bacterial Illness (SBI):
1) UTI and pyelonephritis
Most common cause of SBI
Accounts for 3-8% of uncharacterized fevers
Female
Consider BCx, CSF ... diagnosed with CXR ... Diagnosis #Peds #EM
Perilunate Dislocation
On lateral wrist XR, the capitate ("apple") should sit in the lunate ("tea cup") which
lateral wrist XR ... repair MH/CCF ... /CWRU EM Res @MetroHealth_EM ... Wrist #Carpal #Radiology
Stage II - Interstitial edema
Stage II of CHF is characterized by fluid leakage into the interlobular
edema Stage II of CHF ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #KerleyB
Stage I - Redistribution
In a normal chest film with the patient standing erect, the pulmonary vessels
during a period of CHF ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Cephalization
Pleural effusion is not always visible as a meniscus in the costophrenic angle. 
A subpulmonic effusion
with signs of CHF ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Pleural
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
81% for acute HF ... 5 pts w/ acute HF ... → no signs of CXR ... diagnosis #management #cardiology ... #pharmacology #sCHF