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Severe Heart Failure & Cardiogenic Shock - Management Checklist 
Evaluation 
 - EKG & echocardiography
& Cardiogenic Shock ... - Management Checklist ... severe or w/ organ dysfunction ... #Checklist #CHF ... HeartFailure #Cardiology #Management
SEPSIS AND SEPTIC SHOCK

DEFINITION AND PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
 • Sepsis: Life-threatening organ dysfunction due to a dysregulated host
• 49 million cases ... COMMON CAUSES + ... INITIAL MANAGEMENT ... ADVANCED MANAGEMENT ... #Diagnosis #Management
Intraoperative Sepsis - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Severe sepsis (hypotension persisting after initial fluid challenge of
) or septic shock ... with end organ dysfunction ... devices could have caused ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management
Shock Overview
A state of tissue hypoxia due to decreased or dysregulated oxygen delivery or extraction, resulting
Shock Overview ... of hypotension Shock ... death -> end-organ dysfunction ... Classification #diagnosis #management ... #differential #causes
Shock Overview
A state of tissue hypoxia due to decreased or dysregulated oxygen delivery or extraction, resulting
Shock Overview ... of hypotension Shock ... death -> end-organ dysfunction ... Classification #diagnosis #management ... #differential #causes
Peri-operative Hyperthermia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
If prolonged or ≥ 39 C this is a
permanent organ dysfunction ... maintained fever CAUSES ... #Differential #Causes ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management
Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC) Overview

Increased Clotting and Consumption of Clotting Factors

Findings:
 • Bleeding
 • Recent history
64%) • Renal dysfunction ... (16%) • Shock ... Treat primary cause ... Coagulation #diagnosis #causes ... #treatment #management
Sepsis - Diagnosis and Management
Life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by a dysregulated host response to infection
SEPTIC SHOCK
Diagnosis and Management ... Life-threatening organ dysfunction ... caused by a dysregulated ... infection SEPTIC SHOCK ... Patients w/ septic shock
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Idiopathic LV dysfunction ... exclude other causes ... thrombus, RV systolic dysfunction ... Pts: cardiogenic shock ... Management during
IDSA Algorithm for the Management of Purulent skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs). 
Mild infection: for
IDSA Algorithm for ... the Management ... evidence of organ dysfunction ... including those caused ... #SSTIs #Algorithm