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Guide to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)

What to ask/look for: 
 - HPI, PMH, full ROS
- BMP, cap, CBC ... US w/ PVR - CPK ... rhabdo/TLS) Causes ... Nephrology #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Causes #Differential
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
Organizing Pneumonia (COP ... Unknown • 6-7 cases ... Organizing Pneumonia - Clinical ... , CPK, anti-scl70 ... DDX: • CAP,
Cardiac Tamponade - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Caused by an accumulation of blood, pus, effusion fluid
or iatrogenic causes ... help and inform clinical ... indicated, start CPR ... a dramatic clinical ... Intraoperative #Checklist
Dizziness - Central and Peripheral Causes - Differential Diagnosis
Central Causes:
 • Cerebrovascular:  vertebrobasilar, TIA, Wallenburg,
and Peripheral Causes ... Diagnosis Central Causes ... contusion • Tumours: CPA ... Central #Peripheral #Causes ... Differential #Diagnosis #algorithm
Septic Arthritis - Pathogens and Clinical Clues

Staphylococcus aureus 
Streptococcal spp. 
Neisseria gonorrhoeae 
Aerobic/Anaerobic 
Gram-negative bacteria 
Brucellosis
Pathogens and Clinical ... Clues Staphylococcus ... Streptococcal spp ... Mycobacterial spp ... Fungal spp.
Interstitial pneumonias
An acute reticular pattern is most frequently caused by interstitial edema due to cardiac heart
most frequently caused ... The other cause ... pneumonia: Viral PCP ... This was a PCP-infection ... #Clinical #Radiology
Epiglottitis - Swollen inflamed epiglottis 
Clinical (Rapid onset) 
 • Fever 
 • Sore throat
inflamed epiglottis Clinical ... Streptococcus spp ... Epiglottitis #Signs #Causes
Causes of Erythema Nodosum
Common
 - Idiopathic (up to 55 percent)
 - Infections: streptococcal pharyngitis (28 to
Causes of Erythema ... percent), Yersinia spp ... Campylobacter spp ... Erythema #Nodosum #Causes ... Differential #Diagnosis #Clinical
Admitting in the ICU - Checklist
VITALS: If bad, stop and go see the patient immediately; you
Admitting in the ICU - Checklist ... NOTES: The last clinic ... the Pt's current clinical ... depending on the clinical ... #ICU #Pearls #Checklist
Pathological Optic Disc Cupping

Note cup-to-disc ratio at least 0.8 (physiologic limit of 0.5).

Thinning of optic disc
Cupping Note cup-to-disc ... Usual cause is glaucoma ... Glaucoma causes ... ophthalmology #Clinical