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Simplified Approach to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
1) IS THIS AN EMERGENCY? 
Is there a dialysis indication
Simplified Approach ... to Acute Kidney ... common culprits: Hypovolemia ... CONSIDER INTRINSIC CAUSES ... KidneyInjury #simplified #workup
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
Hypertension - Workup ... Differential Diagnosis Approach ... An acute rise or ... disorders including hypokalemia ... #Hypertension #Workup
Emergency Management of Hyperkalemia in Adults
Assess Patient - Airway Breathing Circulation Disability Exposure (ABCDE) Approach
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in Adults Assess ... Exposure (ABCDE) Approach ... mmol/L - Consider cause ... Prevention - Consider cause ... #management #algorithm
Cardiac Tamponade - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Caused by an accumulation of blood, pus, effusion fluid
Caused by an accumulation ... thoracotomy is a better treatment ... PERICARDIOCENTESIS (sub-xiphoid approach ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup
Malignant Hyperthermia Crisis - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Unexplained increase in ETCO2 AND tachycardia AND increased
❹ Call for MH treatment ... COMPLICATIONS AND OUTLINE TREATMENTS ... Myoglobinaemia: forced ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
important to recognize Acute ... patient causing hypovolemia ... the determined cause ... #differential #algorithm ... #table #foamed
A quick infographic on the importance of sun protection and the various results of sun damage
#sun #damage #UV ... #wavelengths #causes ... Acute effects of ... Mechanisms and treatments ... series/integrative-approach-to-skin-cancer-and-sun-protection
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
the setting of acute ... treat the primary cause ... #diagnosis #algorithm ... #criticalcare #foamed ... #treatment
The crusade against “Ab”Normal Saline continues.  This is a non-physiologic fluid that can harm our
ECF and ICF both work ... the ECF causes ... Hyperkalemia, a ... #foamed #criticalcare ... management #diagnosis #treatment