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Malignant Pericardial Effusion and Tamponade on POCUS Echocardiogram - A4C
CA patient with known pericardial effusion who
Malignant Pericardial ... - A4C CA patient ... BP stable. ... #Tamponade #Cardiac ... #POCUS #clinical
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Clinical ... antibiotics once stable ... shows a small, stable ... polyangiitis) • Malignancy ... #Abscess #pulmonary
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
absence of intrinsic lung ... disease Caused ... shunt (Type 2) Clinical ... left heart 3-6 cardiac ... on radioactive lung
Cardiac metastasis of lung cancer (2D/3D TTE)

What is the most common type of cancer to metastasize
malignancies (10%–21%): malignant ... (>1/2 melanoma cases ... #metastasis #clinical ... echocardiogram #pocus ... #a4c #3d
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
with CTD, drugs, malignancy ... Unknown • 6-7 cases ... Organizing Pneumonia - Clinical ... Rare: pleural effusions ... ILD #diagnosis #management
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
/ hypoxemia -> focus ... drugs, seizures, malignancy ... - Cardiac arrest ... failure - Low cardiac ... output - Acute pulmonary
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
Diagnosis and Management ... granulomas within the lungs ... renal failure Clinical ... Self-limiting, chronic but stable ... neuropathy or cardiac
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
hemodynamics and cardiac ... with presence of pulmonary ... Cardiac cath if ... the determined cause ... differential #algorithm #management
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
murmur 3/6) - Pulmonary ... exam Determine Cardiac ... Change in clinical ... unless prior heart/lung ... medical and surgical management
Fluid Responsiveness and Fluid Tolerance Testing - OnePager Summary
Fluid resuscitation can be beneficial when required or
responsiveness enable ... Pulmonary Artery ... output causes increases ... • PULMONARY A ... comparison #challenges #management