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Iron Deficiency in Heart Failure - Diagnosis and Treatment Algorithm
Diagnosis: Ferritin <100 ng/mL (absolute ID) OR
Heart Failure - Diagnosis ... Guidelines: • ACC ... patients with HFrEF ... #deficiency #CHF ... #HFrEF #heartfailure
Heart Failure (HFrEF) Treatment - GDMT for stage C 

For patients with Heart Failure with REDUCED
Heart Failure (HFrEF ... Ejection Fraction (HFrEF ... patients with HFrEF ... recommended by the ACC ... #HFrEF #Pharmacology
Iron Deficiency in Heart Failure
Pathophysiology:
Chronic heart failure leads to an increase in inflammatory cytokines → Inflammation
→ Inflammation causes ... release Diagnosis ... endpoint of all-cause ... #deficiency #CHF ... #HFrEF #heartfailure
Constrictive Pericarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Apical 3-Chamber View

Young Lupus patient admitted to hospital new onset
hospital new onset HFpEF ... could pinpoint the cause ... New onset HFpEF ... Had diagnostic tap-fever ... clinical #cardiology #A3C
Serious Bacterial Illness (SBI):
1) UTI and pyelonephritis
Most common cause of SBI
Accounts for 3-8% of uncharacterized fevers
Female
pyelonephritis Most common cause ... Consider BCx, CSF ... unformed) PNA diagnosed ... suggested if: - ANC ... #Peds #EM #Classification