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VA ECMO Unloading - LV Venting
Different LV Venting Strategies work through these basic mechanisms: ↓ Preload,
VA ECMO Unloading ... Afterload • Reducing ECMO ... karanpdesai #VAECMO ... cardiology #management #ecmo ... #treatment
Algorithm for Echo determination of LV filling pressures 

#LVFilling #pressures #Algorithm #Echo #POCUS #diagnosis #cardiology
Algorithm for Echo ... LVFilling #pressures #Algorithm ... #Echo #POCUS #diagnosis
Rewarming Methods in Hypothermia
 • Passive rewarming - Requires adequate patient physiologic mechanisms. Inadequate for more
access to CPB or ECMO ... circulation • VV-ECMO ... Cardiopulmonary bypass or VA-ECMO ... Hypothermia #management #treatment
Algorithm of Indications for ECMO in Poisoning

#ECMO #Poisoning #toxicology #Algorithm #Indications #management
Algorithm of Indications ... for ECMO in Poisoning ... #ECMO #Poisoning ... #toxicology #Algorithm
Hypothermic Cardiac Arrest Management
"Not dead until 32° and dead"
1) Start ACLS + Rewarming
2) Should this code
resuscitation. 3) Call ECMO ... Centre ASAP: ECMO ... esophageal probe 5) No ECMO ... rewarming #management #treatment
Management of Anaphylaxis - Interventions
Epinephrine - Bolus, Infusion, Nebulized
Posture
O2
Fluids
Albuterol 
H1-Antihistamines, H2-Antihistamines
Glucocorticoids
Additional Vasopressor
Glucagon
Sugammadex
Methylene blue
Tranexamic acid
ECMO

#anaphylaxis #management #treatment
Tranexamic acid ECMO ... anaphylaxis #management #treatment
ICU Hypotension - Evaluation Algorithm

OFTEN Mnemonic:

OWN THE PULSE PRESSURE 

FEEL YOUR PATIENT'S LEGS 

TEST FOR FLUID
Hypotension - Evaluation Algorithm ... RESPONSIVENESS ECHO ... /POCUS NORMALIZE ... Hypotension #Evaluation #Algorithm
Hantavirus
Pathogen: Hantavirus - Rodents are the primary reservoir
Transmission:
 • Shed in the urine, feces, saliva of
• Autopsy PCR Treatment ... ventilation • ECMO ... diagnosis #management #treatment
General schema for respiratory support in patients with COVID-19
Low flow nasal cannula
 • Typically set at
VV-ECMO • indicatons ... discussion With ECMO ... hypoxia #failure #algorithm
Acquired von Willebrand Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management
 • Autoantibodies to vWF: Lymphoproliferative disorders (e.g. lymphoma,
membrane oxvgenation (ECMO ... Diagnosis #Management #treatment