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Lung Ultrasound in COVID 19 symptoms and a history of heart failure

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#Lung #Ultrasound #COVID19 #POCUS
Lung Ultrasound ... in COVID 19 symptoms ... #Ultrasound #COVID19 ... #POCUS #CHF #Comparison ... #Algorithm #Diagnosis
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
reduced exercise tolerance ... : weight gain, lung ... HFrEF may lack lung ... Chest x-ray: signs ... #management #cardiology
Fluid Responsiveness and Fluid Tolerance Testing - OnePager Summary
Fluid resuscitation can be beneficial when required or
Point of Care Ultrasound ... blood flow in the chest ... #testing #diagnosis ... #criticalcare #comparison ... #challenges #management
Overview of antifungal agents benefits, weaknesses, and adverse effects in the treatment of Coccidioidomycosis.
Fluconazole - Low
efficacious and tolerable ... hallucinations, rashes/long-term ... chills, dyspnea, chest ... #valleyfever #management ... #antifungals #comparison
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

Symptoms:
• Palpitations, light-headedness, dizziness, dyspnea, exercise intolerance, chest pain, near-syncope, syncope.

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
dyspnea, exercise intolerance ... , chest pain, near-syncope ... Decompensated HF ... Fibrillation #AFib #diagnosis ... #management #cardiology
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
disease b) CHF ... change CV risk Chest ... unless prior heart/lung ... medical and surgical management ... stratification #diagnosis