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Septal Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HOCM)

52yo worsening exertional sx and murmur. EKG nonspecific, Serial trops (-) 
EM resident
Admit ==> Positive stress ... Metoprolol - VCU Ultrasound ... #HCM #clinical ... #echocardiogram ... #plax #cardiology
LVOTO due to SAM on POCUS Echocardiogram

Septic patient after IV fluids and initiation of Levophed. Worsening
to SAM on POCUS Echocardiogram ... Management? ... Motion #LVOTO #SAM #HOCM ... #ultrasound #Cardiology ... #PLAX #clinical
Myasthenic Crisis Checklist - Myasthenia Gravis

Evaluation 
 - Chest X-ray and lung ultrasound (exclude other lung
Myasthenic Crisis Checklist ... X-ray and lung ultrasound ... Intubation only if clinically ... (vital signs, clinical ... #Management #CriticalCare
Malignant Pericardial Effusion causing Cardiac Tamponade on Echocardiogram (S4c)
Hypotensive + respiratory distress. At first glance you
+ respiratory distress ... #Tamponade #clinical ... #ultrasound #s4c ... #echocardiogram ... #POCUS #cardiology
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
importantly, bedside ultrasound ... Cardiac cath if ... differential #algorithm #management ... #cardiology #treatment ... heartfailure #chf #criticalcare
Malignant Pericardial Effusion causing Cardiac Tamponade on Echocardiogram (A4c)
Hypotensive + respiratory distress. At first glance you
+ respiratory distress ... #Tamponade #clinical ... #ultrasound #a4c ... #echocardiogram ... #POCUS #cardiology
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
our friends from Cardiology ... of the resting cardiac ... #echocardiogram ... #management #clinical ... #criticalcare #