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Causes, classification and compensatory responses to shock.

Shock can be caused by any pathological process that leads
Causes, classification ... venous return (as ... as distributive ... might be obvious (as ... Causes #Types #Classification
In order to better classify heart failure, the American College of Cardiology Foundation and the American
using risk factors as ... categorization of patients as ... With treatment, ... Stage B is defined as ... #Stages #Classes
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
are listed as Type ... uptake by cells as ... use of lactate as ... bolus these values as ... as source of lactate
Bradycardia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

BRADI Mnemonic
 • BRASH/Hyperkalemia
 • Reduced oxygen/Glucose/Temp
 • ACS
 • Drugs
 •
Bradycardia - Differential ... Glucose/Temp • ACS ... blocking agent • Shock ... #diagnosis #causes ... #cardiology #BRADI
Sepsis - Diagnosis and Management
Life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by a dysregulated host response to infection
SEPTIC SHOCK
organ dysfunction caused ... Clinical construct ... which was defined as ... qSOFA, defined as ... AMS (GCS < 15)
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
Lateral Sclerosis (ALS ... ) Summary ALS: combination ... (1) limb-onset ALS ... conditions listed in differential ... diagnosis column Treatment
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
Clinical Picture ... life-threatening Differential ... Generalized fatigue - ALS ... Diagnosis - Clinical ... Clinical DX: -
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
Infection/Sepsis/Shock ... edema visualized as ... Reversible course Differential ... the underlying cause ... • Treatment of
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
Failure (ADHF) as ... diagnosis but rather as ... lab markers such as ... the determined cause ... #diagnosis #differential
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
exclude other causes ... Differential Diagnosis ... Pts: cardiogenic shock ... defibrillator as ... #treatment