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Shock - Differential Diagnosis Framework
MAP = CO x SVR
Hypovolemic (↓ Intravascular volume):
 • Hemorrhage, dehydration due
Shock - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... findings based on cause ... #table #comparison ... #criticalcare
Arterial Lines & Waveforms
Arterial lines permit continuous invasive blood pressure measurement, frequent arterial blood sampling, and
used to estimate cardiac ... output shock states ... intrathoracic pressure and causes ... #artlines #diagnosis ... #calibration #criticalcare
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
- Differential Diagnosis ... • Effusion • Cardiac ... Artery Disease • Stable ... Arrhythmia • Atrial ... Interstitium • ILD • CHF
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
essentially Cardiogenic Shock ... the determined cause ... cardiology #treatment #table ... #heartfailure #chf ... #criticalcare #
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

S/Sx: Most pts asymptomatic. Weakness, cramping, nausea, paresthesias, palpitations,
- ↓ Effective arterial ... Na delivery): CHF ... only if no clear cause ... Elimination (see Table ... line, stabilizes cardiac
Cardiac Tamponade on Echocardiogram in Slow Motion (PLAX)
EchoProTip: Does this patient has a potentially hemodynamically compromising
Cardiac Tamponade ... on Echocardiogram ... Clinical diagnosis ... Hemodynamically stable ... clinical tamponade of shock
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
exclude other causes ... May have typical HF ... Pts: cardiogenic shock ... and timing with Cardio-OB ... follow-up with Cardio-OB
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
of the resting cardiac ... heart (Sepsis, Shock ... treat the primary cause ... #diagnosis #algorithm ... #cardiology #echocardiogram
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
of the resting cardiac ... heart (Sepsis, Shock ... treat the primary cause ... #diagnosis #management ... foamed #algorithm #criticalcare