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Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
tremendous amount of O2 ... To compensate, O2 ... increase myocardial O2 ... #diagnosis #algorithm ... echocardiogram #management
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
tremendous amount of O2 ... To compensate, O2 ... increase myocardial O2 ... #diagnosis #management ... clinica l#foamed #algorithm
Shock - Pathophysiology 
Inadequate tissue perfusion to meet O2, nutrient requirements
1. Distributive Shock
2. Hypovolemic Shock
3. Cardiogenic
perfusion to meet O2 ... #differential #diagnosis ... #algorithm #causes
Factors that May Affect Fetal Oxygenation - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Excessive Uterine Activity:
 • Hyperstimulation
 • Placental
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Excessive ... Decreased Fetal O2 ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #Causes
Causes of Polycythemia (Erythrocytosis) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Relative - Normal RBC Mass / Decreased Plasma Volume
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Relative ... Erythropoietin, O2 ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #Causes
Low O2 saturation that does not respond to supplemental O2
- Key diagnostic feature (sat < 85%
Low O2 saturation ... to supplemental O2 ... - Key diagnostic ... a falsely low O2 ... COPD, anemia) #Diagnosis
Medications for High-Altitude Sickness 
Acetazolarnide 
 • Carbonic Anydrase Inhibitor Bicarb diuresis & metabolic Acidosis ->
Anti-emetic O2 ... pressure Hyperbaric O2 ... #Medications #Management
Hypoxemia vs Hypoxia
Hypoxemia - Partial pressure of arterial oxygen (PaO2) is below normal
Hypoxia - Insufficient oxygen
hypoxia - Increased O2 ... unable to use O2 ... O2 delivery to tissues ... #differential #diagnosis
General Algorithms for Assessment of the Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD) (Algorithms 1, 2 and 3)

Algorithm
General Algorithms ... Device (LVAD) (Algorithms ... 1, 2 and 3) Algorithm ... sustain life #Diagnosis ... #Management #BMJ
Causes of Generalized Hypoxia - Differential Diagnosis
 • Hypoxemic - Not enough O2 (Most Common)
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- Differential Diagnosis ... Hypoxemic - Not enough O2 ... Cells can't use O2 ... #Differential #Diagnosis