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Mucoid impaction
Mucus plugs or mucoid impaction can mimick the appearance of lung nodules or a mass.
Sometimes
Mucoid impaction ... plugs or mucoid impaction ... differentiating mucus impaction ... Mucoid impaction ... bronchiectasis with mucoid impaction
Shock Classification Types - Comparison Table
JVP, IVC on Ultrasound, Passive Leg Raise, Temperature of extremities, LV
of extremities, LV ... differentiating #criticalcare
Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump (IABP)

Intra-aortic balloon counter-pulsation is a method of invasive hemodynamic support. A catheter is
afterload & increases LV ... The thick-walled LV ... management #cardiology #criticalcare
Femoral Head Fracture: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Posterior hip dislocation -> Impaction force from femoral
dislocation -> Impaction ... dislocation -> Impaction
Mechanical Cardiac Support Devices Compared
Cannula Size - Insertion Technique - Haemodynarnic Support
IABP:
 • Afterload: Reduced
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Afterload: Reduced • LV ... Slight increase • LV ... Increased • LV ... perfusion: Unknown • LV ... Increased • LV
D-Sign of Acute Pulmonary Embolism on POCUS - Parasternal Short Axis

Acute shortness of breath with this
dilation but also LV ... Echocardiogram #CriticalCare
Arterial Lines - Abnormal Arterial Waveforms:
 - Underdampened: Falsely High BP - Adjust monitor filter settings
Weak Beats - RV & LV ... waveforms #diagnosis #criticalcare
RV Dilatation in Pulmonary Embolism on POCUS - Parasternal Long Axis

Acute shortness of breath with this
dilation but also LV ... Echocardiogram #CriticalCare
Cardiac Findings in Sarcoidosis
Most Commonly Affected Sites:
 - LV free wall (esp. basal posterior wall)
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Affected Sites: - LV ... (esp. basal) LV ... Involvement: - LV ... thickening - LV ... hypokinesis or RWMA - LV
Echocardiographic criteria of LV Non-compaction
Chin Criteria (1990):
 • Absence of any other coexisting cardiac structural abnormality
Echocardiographic criteria of LV ... Non-compaction ... Doppler analysis #LV