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Anand Swaminathan is an Indian-American researcher and academic. He is the Robert C. Goizueta Chair of Organization and Management and Associate Dean of the Ph.D. program at the Emory University Goizueta School of Business. Previously, he held academic appointments at the University of Michigan School of Business and the University of California, Davis. .. more
-Key point: consider this diagnosis in every patient presenting w/ shock
-Typically occurs in patients on low dose daily steroid
-Chronic steroid use suppresses intrinsic steroid synthesis.
-Tx: hydrocortisone 100 mg IV
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-Intubation + mech vent switches pt from negative to positive pressure vent ➡️ ⬆️ intrathoracic pressure + drops preload
-In severe asthma, huge insensible losses due to ⬆️ work of breathing
-Consider early fluid load to avoid HD decomp
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