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Portopulmonary Hypertension
Presence of pulmonary arterial hypertension in a patient with portal hypertension
No other obvious causes (chronic
, left heart disease ... ventricular septum 2) ... guanylate cyclase (sGC ... directly stimualtes sGC ... Hypertension #diagnosis #management
Rheumatic Heart Disease - Mitral Stenosis on Echocardiogram
(1) Thickened and fibrosed MV leaflets - rheumatic etiology
Rheumatic Heart Disease ... (2) Lvef 25-30% ... (4) All 4 cardiac ... clinical #cardiology #a4c ... #thrombus
Cardiac LV Thrombus on Echocardiogram (A4C)
48 year old woman in ICU for acute ischemic limb. PMHx
Cardiac LV Thrombus ... Echocardiogram (A4C ... then the next tests ... are not POCUS: serial ... #A4C #clinical
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
anatomic shunt (Type 2) ... left heart 3-6 cardiac ... cycles after right atrial ... blood gas (ABC) ... 10 minutes of rest
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
: Arterial (MCC-small ... (SVC/IVC occlusion ... thrombosis, VTE) • Cardiac ... is a skin prick test ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management
Double Shunt on Echocardiogram
What do you see on this saline contrast study, in a patient with
end-stage liver disease ... bubbles = PFO 2. ... as RAP>LAP as atrial ... PVeins (extra-cardiac ... clinical #pocus #a4c
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

S/Sx: Most pts asymptomatic. Weakness, cramping, nausea, paresthesias, palpitations,
Cortisol+ACTH stim test ... Treatments: • Calcium 2- ... line, stabilizes cardiac ... 10U reg IV + 1-2 ... Terbutaline 7 µg/kg SC
Blood Product Transfusions One Pager Summary
Type and screen - determines blood type and detects in recipient
indirect Coombs test ... - Transfusion Cardiac ... RBCs (stored at 4C ... Borrellia (Lyme disease ... Transfusions #diagnosis #management