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Medications Used in Congestive Heart Failure

In CHF, the heart is failing as a pump; cardiac output
congestion the lungs ... output on a short-term ... #Medications #Action ... #Congestive #HeartFailure ... #Cardiology #Preload
Stages in the development of HF and recommended therapy by stage. ACEI indicates angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor;
development of HF ... guideline-directed medical ... #CHF #Congestive ... #HeartFailure # ... Algorithm #Management #Cardiology
Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction: Management Principles

General Therapeutic Principles:
Reduce the congestive state 
 - Caution
Preserved Ejection Fraction ... - May mimic HF ... hypertension, pulmonary ... #Management #Cardiology ... #Treatment #HeartFailure
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
• Diffuse Lung ... • Chronic Lung ... Veno-Occlusive Disease #RHF ... #RightSided #HeartFailure ... #Cardiology #Differential
Heart Failure (HFrEF) Treatment - GDMT for stage C 

For patients with Heart Failure with REDUCED
REDUCED Ejection Fraction ... Guideline-Directed Medical ... /ambcarerx #CHF ... #sCHF #HeartFailure ... Treatment #StageC #Cardiology
Perilunate Dislocation
On lateral wrist XR, the capitate ("apple") should sit in the lunate ("tea cup") which
lateral wrist XR ... styloid fracture, median ... Wrist #Carpal #Radiology ... #Orthopedics #Sports ... #MSK
Posterior Elbow Dislocation
The elbow is the second most commonly dislocated major joint in adults and the
Splint: Posterior long ... recommendations MH/CCF ... Dislocation #Posterior #Radiology ... #Orthopedics #Sports ... #MSK
Stage I - Redistribution
In a normal chest film with the patient standing erect, the pulmonary vessels
supplying the upper lung ... supplying the lung ... during a period of CHF ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Cephalization
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Reduced Ejection Fraction ... : weight gain, lung ... → no signs of CXR ... Jcortesizaguirr #HFrEF #heartfailure ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
Galeazzi Fracture 
Fracture of distal radial shaft with distal radial-ulnar joint disruption. Remember “MUGR” to recall
Fracture of distal radial ... Splint: Posterior long ... of DRUJ MH/CCF ... #Distal #Radiology ... #Orthopedics #MSK