Diagnosis and treatment of heart failure
21 Mar 2024
Exchange Auditorium
Cardiology
Point-of-care ultrasound in emergency cases: is it cardio? - Julia Sargent
- Understand the main goals in POCUS
- Demonstrate a common POCUS protocol and identify useful echocardiographic views in POCUS
- Identify echo findings suggestive of heart failure in POCUS
Diuretic therapy in heart failure: what are the options? - Geoff Culshaw
- Identify common diuretics used in congestive heart failure
- Understand diuretic treatment strategies in acute and chronic heart failure (stage C)
- Discuss the rationale between using torasemide versus furosemide as first line diuretic treatment and in refractrory heart failure
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