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Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
microscopy / urinary ... ultrasonography, serum calcium ... osmolarity If cause ... investigations depending on clinical ... CK-MB, NT-proBNP, cardiac
Urine Microscopy - Urinary Sediment Examination Instructions
Preparation of the urine for microscopic examination:
 • Clean catch
Urine Microscopy ... esterase • Fill conical ... bottom test tube ... up by cells or casts ... and condenser focus
Cardiomyopathy in setting of Hyperkalemia on POCUS Echocardiogram
Hypotensive, suspected rhabo, ECG c/w hyperK.
Normalized post calcium &
Hyperkalemia on POCUS ... Echocardiogram ... Normalized post calcium ... Nice QA case to ... #clinical #psax
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
: UA, Urine protein ... (UPC) ratio • Cardiac ... anti-GBM) Other tests ... o infection • Echocardiogram ... Goodpasture's cause
Parasternal LAX view with severe septal thickening in a patient with Hypertrophic CM and obstruction. Given
risk for sudden cardiac ... cardiomyopathy #HOCM #HCM #plax ... #Echocardiogram ... #clinical #cardiology ... #pocus
Intracardiac Rhabdomyomas on Echocardiogram

Huge cardiac masses...initially diagnosed in utero, mass just beneath the aortic valve Anguished
Rhabdomyomas on Echocardiogram ... Huge cardiac ... masses...initially ... #clinical #cardiology ... #pocus #plax
Amyloidosis - Summary
Group of disorders associated with extracellular deposition of fibrils formed from low-molecular-weight proteins in
Clinical suspicion ... Amyloidosis Clinical ... in AA and AL Cardiac ... Testing: • EKG • Echocardiogram ... polarized light microscopy
Multi-chamber Myxoma in a case of Carney Complex (CC) on POCUS Echocardiogram
Carney Complex (CC) - characterized
Multi-chamber Myxoma in a case ... Echocardiogram ... skin & mucosa, cardiac ... #clinical #cardiology ... #a4c #plax
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
excretion (e.g., urine ... / hypoxemia -> focus ... or diagnostic tests ... perfusion - Cardiac ... failure - Low cardiac
Pericardial Effusion seen during CPR on POCUS Echocardiogram

This patient was given an anesthetic and became unresponsive
Echocardiogram ... What the best choice ... patient presented in cardiac ... Case credit @BrianKohen ... #clinical #ultrasound