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Severe Heart Failure & Cardiogenic Shock - Management Checklist 
Evaluation 
 - EKG & echocardiography
& Cardiogenic Shock ... - Management Checklist ... Liver function tests ... #Checklist #CHF ... HeartFailure #Cardiology #Management
Shock - Diagnosis and Management Summary
 • Hypotension: SBP<90, SBP drop >40, MAP<65 (Normotension, HTN possible
Shock - Diagnosis ... and Management ... Reversibles 3) Stabilize ... Tamponade - Pulmonary ... #Diagnosis #Management
Shock - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 - MAP <65. SBP <90, drop in SBP > 40
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Diagnosis Framework ... • Obstructive: Pulmonary ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #criticalcare #algorithm ... #treatment #management
Pancreatitis management checklist 
Evaluation to guide etiology & management 
 - RUQ ultrasound 
 - Calcium
checklist Evaluation ... Liver function test ... as for septic shock ... #Pancreatitis #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management
Admitting in the ICU - Checklist
VITALS: If bad, stop and go see the patient immediately; you
Admitting in the ICU - Checklist ... esp in work-up/management ... of shock MICRO ... Urine Pregnancy Test ... #diagnosis #workup
Efforts to standardize the approach to trauma have led to an algorithmic, thoughtless approach to trauma
have led to an algorithmic ... fantastically useful test ... as the critical diagnostic ... #Management #Trauma ... BigTrauma #BeforeCT #Checklist
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
simply a clinical diagnosis ... with presence of pulmonary ... establishing a diagnosis ... essentially Cardiogenic Shock ... #algorithm #management
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

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

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
Noncardiac: • Pulmonary ... serum creatinine, test ... Hemodynamic instability ... Fibrillation #AFib #diagnosis ... #management #cardiology
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
murmur 3/6) - Pulmonary ... event, follow ACC algorithm ... determine if stress test ... medical and surgical management ... stratification #diagnosis
Severe Influenza Checklist

Diagnostic tests 
 - Blood cultures x2 
 - Sputum gram stain & culture
Severe Influenza Checklist ... Diagnostic tests ... liver function tests ... lab-confirmed influenza, pulmonary ... #Management #CriticalCare