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Cardiogenic Shock Forrester Classification Table and Mortality

- Warm & Dry (Forrester Class I)

- Warm & Wet
Classification Table ... I) - Warm & Wet ... Ill) - Cold & Wet ... Classification #CHF ... #Diagnosis #Table
Lung Ultrasound in COVID 19 symptoms and a history of heart failure

FAMUS @FAMUSultrasound

#Lung #Ultrasound #COVID19 #POCUS
Lung Ultrasound ... FAMUSultrasound #Lung ... Ultrasound #COVID19 #POCUS ... #CHF #Comparison ... #Algorithm #Diagnosis
Chronic Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Red Flags:
 • Fever, night sweats, chills (infection)
 • Weight loss,
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Dyspnea (underlying lung ... disease or CHF) ... refer + order CT ... History of cancer, lung
Approach to Eosinophilic Lung Diseases
 • Acute Eosinophilic Pneumonia (< 1 wk) - ~30yo, M; Recent
wheezing; +systemic: wt ... Hx of asthma, CF ... hemoptysis; +systemic: wt ... systemic: fatigue, wt ... diagnosis #comparison #table
High Output Heart Failure - Pathophysiology and Differential Diagnosis
Obesity - Systemic Vasodilation, Vasoactive Adipokines
Arteriovenous Fistula -
Vasdilation, AV Shunts Wet ... Vasodilation Lung ... #HeartFailure #CHF
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
presentation (“Warm & Wet ... overdiuresis of a Wet ... congested (“Cold & Wet ... #differential #algorithm ... #heartfailure #chf
Micronutrient Deficiencies After Gastric Bypass
Fat-Soluble Vitamins:
 • Vitamin A - Night/complete blindness, xeropthalmia (pathologic dryness of
cognition and long-term ... polyneuropathy), wet ... vitamin #nutrition #table
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
metabolic equivalent able ... disease b) CHF ... event, follow ACC algorithm ... Stable patients ... unless prior heart/lung
Blastomycosis Summary

Pathogen: 
 • Dimorphic fungus - Blastomyces dermatitidis or Blastomyces gilchristii.
 • The fungus lives
adjacent to the focus ... Diagnosis: 1) Fresh wet ... pleural fluid, BAL, CSF