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Guide to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)

What to ask/look for: 
 - HPI, PMH, full ROS
AKI) What to ask ... BMP, cap, CBC w/ diff ... rhabdo/TLS) Causes ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Cardiac Tamponade - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Caused by an accumulation of blood, pus, effusion fluid
in Anaesthesia Caused ... or iatrogenic causes ... ml syringe • Direct ... ultrasound to direct ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup
Suggested diagnostic approach to a patient with exudative ascites. Low ascitic fluid protein should direct practitioners
protein should direct ... syndrome as a cause ... Although nonhepatic causes ... ascites #diagnosis #workup
Marcus Gunn Pupil - Relative Afferent Pupillary Defect (RAPD)
Definition: Afferent loop of the pupillary light reflex
Afferent Pupillary Defect ... Optic nerve* (main cause ... neuritis due to MS ... Afferent #Pupillary #Defect
Pathologic / Fragility Fractures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Tumours
 - See Bone Lesions Scheme
Paget's Disease
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Mineralization Defect ... Fractures #Pathologic #MSK ... #Orthopedics #Causes
Full thickness Supraspinatus defect in a patient in their 30's, trauma related. Full case to follow
Supraspinatus defect ... Full case to follow ... Ultrasound Site - MSK ... Supraspinatus #defect ... #pocus
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
Causes of Lactate ... by cells as a direct ... / hypoxemia -> focus ... B3: Hereditary Defects ... myopathies - Defects
Humeral Avulsion of the Inferior Glenohumeral Ligament (HAGL)
 • Imaging Findings:
 • Large defect of the
Findings: • Large defect ... extravasating through the defect ... Case description ... HAGL) can be a cause ... Radiology #diagnosis #msk
Hypomagnesemia - Etiologies by Mechanism

Decreased GI Uptake 
 - Poor dietary intake (particularly common in alcoholics)
- Genetic defects ... Classification #Causes ... #Workup #hypomg
Hypotension - Rapid Response Management

1) Ask for vitals en route
2) Immediate Assessment
3) Examine for a cause:
Management 1) Ask ... Examine for a cause ... Diagnosis and Workup