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Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Acute Kidney Injury ... and Differential Diagnosis ... investigations depending on clinical ... #Kidney #Injury ... #nephrology #causes
Evolution of MRI Findings in Stroke

MR images at five subsequent time points in a 67-year-old woman
Progression #Stroke #CVA ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #Interpretation ... #Findings #Neurology ... #Evolution #Timeline
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Acute or chronic ... Compensation, Acute ... sedation, narcotics, CVA ... #Diagnosis #Summary ... #Nephrology #ABG
To improve the usefulness of the serum creatinine concentration as a marker of kidney function, prediction
as a marker of kidney ... as are seen in acute ... renal failure, ... estimate GFR in many clinical ... #Diagnosis #Nephrology
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
may precede the neurologic ... Immunosuppressive agents, Renal ... narrowing on MRA/CTA ... syndrome, ADEM, Acute ... #management #neurology
Peripelvic Cyst on Renal POCUS
60s f admitted with acute pyelonephritis, CT scan reveals no hydronephrosis/stone/abscess, continues
84, HR 80s +L CVA ... LFTs normal Diagnosed ... to help confirm diagnosis ... hydronephrosis POCUS interpretation ... #clinical #ultrasound
Scleroderma Renal Crisis (SRC)

Clinical Presentation of Scleroderma Renal Crisis:
1) Acute kidney injury
2) Abrupt onset of hypertension
3)
Crisis (SRC) Clinical ... Crisis: 1) Acute ... kidney injury ... #rheumatology #nephrology ... #diagnosis #management
Hepatorenal Syndrome (HRS)

Definition:
• Functional, potentially reversible kidney impairment.
• Occurs in advanced liver disease: cirrhosis, severe alcoholic
hepatitis, or acute ... perfusion + ↑ renal ... Diagnosis (Clinical ... Syndrome #Hepatology #Nephrology ... #Diagnosis