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Identification and Risk Stratification of Patients with Cardiogenic Shock

A review

The lecture duration is 16min.

0.5 CPD Points, 0.5 CEUs, 0.5 CME credits approval pending.
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Sean van Diepen
Assistant Professor of Critical Care Medicine and Coronary Intensive Care Unit Co-Director Divisions of Critical Care and Cardiology Department of Medicine (Cardiology) University of Alberta Edmonton, AB, Canada
Lecture Summary

In this presentation, Dr van Diepen highlights a pragmatic clinical definition of cardiogenic shock and contrasts this with clinical trial definitions. The rationale, framework, and validation of the original SCAI cardiogenic shock acuity staging pyramid is presented. Risk modifiers to the SCAI pyramid are presented including differences in acuity, cardiac arrest, end-organ hypoperfusion, and clinical phenotypes.

Target Audience

Emergency Medicine Doctors
Emergency Medicine Nurses
Paramedics
Rural GP's

Learning Objectives:

Upon completion of this activity, you should be able to:

  • To provide a practical clinical and research definition for Cardiogenic Shock
  • Staging Cardiogenic Shock Acuity and Severity

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