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Pericardial Tamponade in a Shock Patient

Watch how the heart collapses and struggles to beat in surrounding
good enough at diagnosing ... @EM_RESUS #Clinical ... #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #Cardiac #Tamponade ... #Pericardial #Effusion
Hemopericardium and Cardiac Tamponade on POCUS Echocardiogram

Next best step for this 25yo male (SBP 70)?
Resolution: pericardiocentesis
Echocardiogram ... to definitive managemt ... #Tamponade #Effusion ... #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #clinical #Pericardial
Pericardial Effusion seen during CPR on POCUS Echocardiogram

This patient was given an anesthetic and became unresponsive
Pericardial Effusion ... best choice for management ... patient presented in cardiac ... #CPR #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #clinical #ultrasound
Adult-Onset Still's Disease
Clinical triad: Fever, Arthralgia/arthritis, Skin rash ± odynophagia
+ Biological inflammation: Increased neutrophils, Hyperferritinemia, decreased
Still's Disease Clinical ... : • Infectious ... , DIC, TMA • Cardiac ... Pulmonary: pleural effusion ... #management #treatment
Shock Types - Classification
State of cellular and tissue hypoxia due to: reduced oxygen delivery, increased oxygen
host response to infection ... , following cardiac ... pneumothorax, cardiac ... Classification #types #diagnosis ... #management #criticalcare
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
(UPC) ratio • Cardiac ... confirm DAH, r/o infection ... • Echocardiogram ... LVEF, pericardial effusion ... #management #treatment
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
diagnosis but rather ... hemodynamics and cardiac ... Cardiac cath if ... #algorithm #management ... heartfailure #chf #criticalcare
Chagas Disease (American trypanosomiasis) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Acute Chagas Disease (8-12 weeks):
 • Mild: Malaise,
and Management ... myocarditis, pericardial effusion ... useful for chronic infection ... evidence of cardiac ... evidence of cardiac
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
• Myocardial infarction ... LVEDd > 6.0 cm, LV thrombus ... and timing with Cardio-OB ... support for patients clinically ... follow-up with Cardio-OB
Local Anaesthetic Toxicity - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Signs of severe toxicity:
 • Sudden alteration in
after an initial injection ... inform immediate clinical ... problem. ❸ Call for cardiac ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis ... #Management #Workup