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RV Dilatation in Pulmonary Embolism on POCUS - Parasternal Long Axis

Acute shortness of breath with this
Pulmonary Embolism ... suspicious for PE ... dilation but also LV ... #POCUS #PLAX #Echocardiogram ... #CriticalCare
D-Sign of Acute Pulmonary Embolism on POCUS - Parasternal Short Axis

Acute shortness of breath with this
suspicious for PE ... Notice not only RV ... dilation but also LV ... #POCUS #PSAX #Echocardiogram ... #CriticalCare
D-Sign in a lady with Massive PE - The LV should always be round like a
lady with Massive PE ... overwhelm the RV ... EM_RESUS #Clinical #POCUS ... #Cardiac #Echocardiogram ... #PSAX #DSign #MassivePE
Approach to Undifferentiated Shock - OnePager Summary
Shock occurs when there is inadequate blood flow (CO) &
bradycardia, VF etc), RV ... Failure (PE, PHTN ... ), LV Failure (MI ... #diagnosis #differential ... guyton #curves #criticalcare
Shock Types - Classification
State of cellular and tissue hypoxia due to: reduced oxygen delivery, increased oxygen
Puimonary vascular → RV ... massive pulmonary embolism ... pneumothorax, cardiac ... Classification #types #diagnosis ... #management #criticalcare
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
of the resting cardiac ... heart (Sepsis, Shock ... right side as the RV ... #diagnosis #algorithm ... #cardiology #echocardiogram