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High Quality Targeted Temperature Management (TTM) Post Cardiac Arrest
 - timing
 - target temperature
 - temperature
Targeted Temperature Management ... (TTM) Post Cardiac ... Arrest - timing ... - temperature measurement ... #Temperature #Management
Simplified Algorithm for cardiac arrest (Adapted from ACLS 2010) 

#Management #ACLS #LifeSupport #Cardiac #Arrest #Algorithm #HsTs
Algorithm for cardiac ... arrest (Adapted ... ACLS 2010) #Management ... #Arrest #Algorithm ... #HsTs #HTs #Differential
“H’s & T’s“ - The reversible causes of Cardiac Arrest 
Hypovolemia, Hypoxia/Hypoxemia, Hydrogen Ion Excess (Acidosis),
reversible causes of Cardiac ... Arrest Hypovolemia ... #HsTs #acls #differential ... #diagnosis #arrest ... #management
POCUS - Measuring Cardiac Output
1) Calculate LVOT Area
2) Calculate LVOT VTI
3) Calculate Cardiac Output

SV = (LVOT
POCUS - Measuring Cardiac ... VTI 3) Calculate Cardiac ... 101 @Pocus101 #Cardiac ... Output #CO #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #Measurement #cardiology
Cardiac Rupture with Pericardial Effusion

Apical 4 chamber. Note larger right sided pericardial effusion with significant compression
Cardiac Rupture ... concerning for cardiac ... arrest. ... MyocardialInfarction #AMI #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #ultrasound #Cardiology
Causes of Sudden Cardiac Arrest
Primary Myocardial Processes (> 90%):
 • Acquired structural heart disease: CAD, Most
Causes of Sudden Cardiac ... Arrest Primary ... EricsMedicalLectures/ #Cardiac ... #Arrest #cardiology ... #differential #
VFib Arrest on POCUS Echocardiogram

67yo male arrives unresponsive and pulseless after 20min continuous prehospital CPR. 

#VFib
VFib Arrest on POCUS ... Echocardiogram ... #VFib #Arrest #Cardiac ... #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... Clinical #PLAX #Cardiology
Myocarditis
Diagnosis 
• Endomyocardial biopsy (gold standard, rarely performed) 
• Clinical presentation 
• Cardiovascular MRI 
Clinical 
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Abnormal ECG, echocardiogram ... shock, sudden cardiac ... death Management ... Myocarditis #Diagnosis #Management ... #Cardiology
TOPCAT - Spironolactone for Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction

N Engl J Med 2014; 370:1383-1392 https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa1313731

CONCLUSIONS:
causes, aborted cardiac ... arrest, or hospitalization ... for the management ... #HFpEF #dCHF #Cardiology
Bradycardia - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management
Narrow Complex Bradycardia:
 • Regular: Sinus Bradycardia, AFib w/ AV
Bradycardia - Differential ... Arrhythmia, Sinus Arrest ... epinephrine 4) Page Cardiology ... #Bradycardia #Differential ... #cardiology #criticalcare