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Causes of Approach to Altered Level of Consciousness - Workup
Clinical Exam - Focal
 • Trauma
 •
Causes of Approach ... Hyper/HypoK • Sepsis ... #ALOC #Workup #diagnosis ... #workup #algorithm ... #Causes
Shock - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Warm Extremities
 - Distributive Shock - Low JVP
Diagnosis Algorithm ... - Low JVP ... • Sepsis • ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #causes
Salicylate Toxicity - Diagnosis and Management

Consider if:
1) Patient is hot and altered
2) You see tachypnea with
Salicylate Toxicity - Diagnosis ... no respiratory cause ... seems like DKA, sepsis ... Pulmonary edema, Shock ... Potassium, Low
Shock Overview
A state of tissue hypoxia due to decreased or dysregulated oxygen delivery or extraction, resulting
death Common Clinical ... Decreased SVR and altered ... Inflammatory: infectious (sepsis ... Classification #diagnosis ... #differential #causes
SEPSIS AND SEPTIC SHOCK

DEFINITION AND PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
 • Sepsis: Life-threatening organ dysfunction due to a dysregulated host
• Septic shock ... with Shock: Sepsis ... COMMON CAUSES + ... CLINICAL FEATURES ... #Septic #Shock
Shock Overview
A state of tissue hypoxia due to decreased or dysregulated oxygen delivery or extraction, resulting
death Common Clinical ... Decreased SVR and altered ... Inflammatory: infectious (sepsis ... Classification #diagnosis ... #differential #causes
Hyperglycemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Diabetes Mellitus:
 • Impaired Glucose Tolerance
 • Type I Diabetes
 • Type
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Diabetes ... Surgery, Burns, Sepsis ... ) • Shock • ... #causes
Sepsis - Diagnosis and Management
Life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by a dysregulated host response to infection
SEPTIC SHOCK
Sepsis - Diagnosis ... organ dysfunction caused ... SHOCK is a subset ... Clinical construct ... K or < 4K We now
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
- Differential Diagnosis ... of lactate as a clinical ... /hypoxemia/Sepsis ... LV failure - Low ... syndrome - Sepsis
Adrenal Insufficiency Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Clinical suspicion: Weakness, fatigue, nausea, musculoskeletal pain, dizziness, volume depletion, abdominal pain,
Algorithm Clinical ... Weakness, fatigue, nausea ... , hypotension, hyponatremia ... Baseline plasma ACTH Low ... insufficiency • Low