Table 1 Nonspecific clinical signs of cardiogenic shock in children

General

Default weight gain, asthenia

Whiteness, sweating (diaphoresis) marbling ends

Hemodynamics

Tachycardia, edema

Decreased peripheral pulses

Heart murmur, gallop rhythm

Bradycardia, arrhythmia

Jugular turgor

Respiratory

Polypnea or bradypnea; crackles

Cyanosis of the extremities or peri-oral

Neurological

Anxiety, restlessness

Confusion

Drowsiness

Convulsions

Coma

Digestive

Hepatomegaly

Decreased transit

Food difficulties (polypnea, sweating during feeding)

Kidney

Oliguria

Anuria