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Acute Kidney Injury - Differential Diagnosis Framework
PRERENAL:
 - Intrarenal vasoconstriction-hemodynamically mediated
 - Systemic vasodilation
 - Volume
Acute Kidney Injury ... vasodilation - Volume ... urinalysis, labs - Management ... correct, underlying volume ... appropriate) #Acute
Understanding & Treating ARDS - Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

•  Timing - within one week of
Understanding & Treating ... ARDS - Acute Respiratory ... explained entirely by volume ... #Syndrome #Diagnosis ... #Management #CriticalCare
Physiologic Approach to Hypotonic Hyponatremia
The next time you have a case of hypotonic hyponatremia, give the
algorithm Urine ... poor response to volume ... Cerebral Salt Wasting ... #differential #diagnosis ... #table #sodium
When assessing a patient with acute dyspnea during or shortly following a transfusion, it is challenging
a patient with acute ... examination findings of volume ... #Diagnosis #Transfusion ... #TRALI #TACO #Comparison ... #Table
Cardiac Stress Testing
Exercise:
 • Everyone who can exercise should!
 • They must be able to raise
Cardiac Stress Testing ... • They must be able ... 85% of predicted value ... #cardiology #management ... #diagnosis
ISCHEMIA Trial - Management Algorithm for patients with Stable Angina

Stress Test -> ? +moderate or severe
ISCHEMIA Trial - Management ... Algorithm for patients ... This is not for acute ... Angina #ChestPain #Diagnosis ... #Management #Algorithm
Non-ACS Myocardial Injury - Elevated Troponin Differential Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm

 • Chronic Myocardial Injury: End
and Workup Algorithm ... Tachycardia-induced HF, Severe Volume ... Distribution: Acute ... Occlusion • Stable ... #Algorithm
Shock and Vasoactive Drugs 
1) Determine type and etiology of shock
 • Distributive: Sepsis, Anaphylaxis, Neurogenic
• Cardiogenic: Acute ... MI, Acute Heart ... #inopressors #diagnosis ... #management #comparison ... #table
Shock - Differential Diagnosis Framework
MAP = CO x SVR
Hypovolemic (↓ Intravascular volume):
 • Hemorrhage, dehydration due
- Differential Diagnosis ... Intravascular volume ... heart failure, acute ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #table #comparison
TRALI vs TACO - Transfusion Reactions
TRALI:
 • Epidemiology: 0.1% of transfused patientsl
 • Risk factors: Critical
illness, high plasma volume ... high rate and/or volume ... At least 3 of (Acute ... Reactions #hematology #diagnosis ... #comparison #table