A 67-year-old woman presents to the ED with increasing shortness of breath over two days. Her past history includes diabetes and non-small-cell lung cancer. Vital signs are temperature 38.1 degrees C, HR 125/min, BP 75/45, RR 25/min and SpO2 91% on 6 L via Hudson mask. Her ECG is shown below.
ECG.
State one (1) physiological mechanism by which a judicious fluid bolus improves perfusion in a shocked patient.
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List two (2) quantitative blood-gas findings that would suggest a shocked state.
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List four (4) abnormal findings on this patient's ECG.
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State the three (3) most likely differential diagnoses accounting for this presentation.
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List two (2) other important differential diagnoses accounting for this acute presentation.
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