CAUSES OF CIRCULATORY INADEQUACY
Primary cardiac causes
- Ishaemia
- Conduction defects
- Valvular disorders
- Cardiomyopathy
Secondary causes
- Drugs
- Hypoxia
- Electrolyte disorders
- Sepsis
LOOK
- Pallor
- Cool peripheries
- Haemorrhage
- Altered LOC
- SOB
- Decreased UO
LISTEN
- Heart sounds
- Carotid bruits
FEEL
- Precordial cardiac pulsation
- Pulses – rate & quality, regularity, symmetry
Critical Care
Compendium
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