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Severe Heart Failure & Cardiogenic Shock - Management Checklist 
Evaluation 
 - EKG & echocardiography
function tests ... and/or digoxin level ... Revascularization, treatment ... #Checklist #CHF ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology
Posterior Elbow Dislocation
The elbow is the second most commonly dislocated major joint in adults and the
, neuropraxia (anterior ... injury • Terrible triad ... fracture • ED Management ... recommendations MH/CCF ... #Orthopedics #Sports
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

Symptoms:
• Palpitations, light-headedness, dizziness, dyspnea, exercise intolerance, chest pain, near-syncope, syncope.

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
Decompensated HF ... Noncardiac: • Pulmonary ... serum creatinine, test ... AFib #diagnosis #management ... #cardiology
Differentiation Syndrome in APML
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: common in APL (2-48% depending on the study)
 • Triggers:
Incidence: common in APL ... treatment Pathophysiology ... Imaging: CXR- pulmonary ... sepsis), PE, DAH, CHF ... APML #diagnosis #management
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
or family - Ever ... disease b) CHF ... determine if stress test ... one post op Cardiology ... medical and surgical management
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
cardiomyopathy • Pulmonary ... May have typical HF ... • Avoid ARB/ACE-I ... Serial TTE and close ... #cardiology #treatment