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Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
Causes of Chronic ... • Effusion • Cardiac ... • Restrictive Cardiomyopathy ... Artery Disease • Stable ... Embolism* • Pulmonary
Shock Classification
Shock Definition: State of cellular and tissue hypoxia due to: reduced oxygen delivery, increased oxygen
Shock Definition: State ... infarction, following cardiac ... embolism or severe ... pneumothorax, cardiac ... Types #diagnosis #management
Shock Classification Types - Pathophysiology Comparison

Obstructive Shock:
 • Obstructive shock is characterized by a blockage in
in blood flow caused ... Depends on the cause ... Pulmonary embolism ... infarction. end-stage ... cardiomyopathy.
Shock Types - Classification
State of cellular and tissue hypoxia due to: reduced oxygen delivery, increased oxygen
Classification State ... embolism or severe ... pulmonary hypertension ... pneumothorax, cardiac ... types #diagnosis #management
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
exclude other causes ... • Pulmonary embolus ... and timing with Cardio-OB ... Delivery • Stable ... follow-up with Cardio-OB
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
Diagnosis and Management ... symptoms are not caused ... Self-limiting, chronic but stable ... neuropathy or cardiac ... (for example, cardiomyopathy
This is a parasternal short axis view in a patient with extensive pulmonary emboli on CTA.
with extensive pulmonary ... emboli on CTA. ... hemodynamically stable ... Physician #Clinical #POCUS ... #Cardiac #Echocardiogram
Intraoperative Hypoxia / Desaturation / Cyanosis - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Using these steps from start
o Circulatory embolism ... → 3-5 o Cardiac ... ) → 3-12 o Cardiac ... o Aspiration, pulmonary ... Diagnosis #Workup #Management
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy (PPCM)

What is PPCM?
• A form of acute systolic heart failure that develops late in
(PPCM) is caused ... /amniotic embolism ... • Pulmonary edema ... experience recovery of cardiac ... recognition and management