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Shock Overview
A state of tissue hypoxia due to decreased or dysregulated oxygen delivery or extraction, resulting
• Hemorrhagic: bleeding ... delivery • MI, Heart ... Classification #diagnosis ... #management #Overview ... #differential #causes
Shock Overview
A state of tissue hypoxia due to decreased or dysregulated oxygen delivery or extraction, resulting
• Hemorrhagic: bleeding ... delivery • MI, Heart ... Classification #diagnosis ... #management #Overview ... #differential #causes
Aortic Dissection Pearls
Aortic dissection is caused by a tear in the tunica intima, the innermost layer
dissection is caused ... deficit • Shock ... Treatment - ED ... opiates • Control heart ... #management #vascular
Diuretics and Agents Regulating Renal Excretion

Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors (Acetazolamide, Dichlorphenamide)
 • Glaucoma
 • Epilepsy
 • Altitude
disequilibrium syndrome • Diagnosis ... irrigation • Management ... Kidney stones caused ... • Hypovolemic shock ... Tolvaptan) • Treatment
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
Infection/Sepsis/Shock ... the underlying cause ... • Treatment of ... BP lowering - Lower ... #management #neurology
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
exclude other causes ... Pts: cardiogenic shock ... Period • Breast-feeding ... teratogenic GDMT meds ... #treatment
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
Decompensated Heart ... causing hypovolemia needing ... essentially Cardiogenic Shock ... the determined cause ... #algorithm #management
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
(Sepsis, Shock, ... treat the primary cause ... #diagnosis #algorithm ... echocardiogram #management ... criticalcare #foamed #treatment