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Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Pericardial • Effusion ... • Cardiac Tamponade ... Abnormalities • Pleural Effusions ... Pneumonia • ARDS
Berlin Criteria for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) 
- Respiratory symptoms must have begun within one
Syndrome (ARDS) ... consistent with pulmonary ... explained by pleural effusions ... lung collapse, or pulmonary ... Criteria #Diagnosis #CriticalCare
Malignant Pericardial Effusion causing Cardiac Tamponade on Echocardiogram (A4c)
Hypotensive + respiratory distress. At first glance you
causing Cardiac ... Tamponade on Echocardiogram ... (A4c) Hypotensive ... + respiratory distress ... #echocardiogram
Malignant Pericardial Effusion causing Cardiac Tamponade on Echocardiogram (S4c)
Hypotensive + respiratory distress. At first glance you
causing Cardiac ... Tamponade on Echocardiogram ... (S4c) Hypotensive ... + respiratory distress ... #echocardiogram
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 ... algorithm to determine ... ACEi/ARBs - Hold ... postoperative cardiac
The Berlin Definition of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)

Chest imaging - Bilateral opacities—not fully explained by
Syndrome (ARDS) ... fully explained by effusions ... fully explained by cardiac ... #Diagnosis #CriticalCare ... #ARDS #Acute #Respiratory
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 ... #differential #algorithm ... heartfailure #chf #criticalcare
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
of the resting cardiac ... time for coronary perfusion ... #diagnosis #algorithm ... #cardiology #echocardiogram ... management #clinical #criticalcare