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Checklist for the Echocardiographic Evaluation of Pulmonary Hypertension
 • Record estimated PASP
 • Evaluate RV size
Checklist for the ... Evaluation of Pulmonary ... • Evaluate for causes ... Echocardiography #diagnosis #cardiology ... #echocardiogram
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
Algorithm Cardiac Causes ... Causes: - Parenchyma ... Acute Respiratory Distress ... Syndrome ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Chronic inflammation causes ... Most Common Causes ... • Mounier-Kuhn syndrome ... dyskinesia • Young syndrome ... mycobacteria Treatment
Severe Heart Failure & Cardiogenic Shock - Management Checklist 
Evaluation 
 - EKG & echocardiography
Shock - Management Checklist ... Liver function tests ... causing acute distress ... Revascularization, treatment ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
Syndromes - OnePager ... anti-GBM) Other tests ... o infection • Echocardiogram ... Goodpasture's cause ... diagnosis #management #treatment
Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema - Differential Diagnosis Framework

NCPE Pathophysiology:
Noncardiogenic pulmonary edema occurs because of excessive pulmonary capillary
Noncardiogenic Pulmonary ... Causes include: ... Acute respiratory distress ... syndrome (ARDS) ... differential #diagnosis #cardiology
Complete AV Canal Defect on Echocardiogram

Among pts with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension, those with Eisenmenger syndrome have
Canal Defect on Echocardiogram ... Among pts with Pulmonary ... with Eisenmenger syndrome ... have the best prognosis ... #clinical #cardiology
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Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome ... lung disease Caused ... 10 minutes of rest ... ) on room air Treatment ... hepatopulmonary #syndrome
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
perfusion - shock->treatments ... or diagnostic tests ... before beginning treatment ... output - Acute pulmonary ... - Compartment syndrome
Intraoperative  Bradycardia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Bradycardia in theatre should not be treated as
remember to tailor treatment ... Follow the full steps ... Consider known drug causes ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... Management #Workup #Cardiology