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Hyperglycemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Diabetes Mellitus:
 • Impaired Glucose Tolerance
 • Type I Diabetes
 • Type
agonists • Others Critical ... Hyperglycemia (e.g ... Burns, Sepsis) • Shock ... • Acute Pancreatitis ... endocrinology #causes
Clinical Management for Three Common Causes of Shock 
HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK
 • Ensure adequate ventilation and oxygenation.
Clinical Management ... for Three Common Causes ... of Shock HEMORRHAGIC ... SHOCK • Ensure ... #CriticalCare
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical ... objective assessment“ (e.g ... there is no clear cause ... the underlying cause ... Diagnosis #Management #CriticalCare
Shock Overview
A state of tissue hypoxia due to decreased or dysregulated oxygen delivery or extraction, resulting
Shock Overview ... death Common Clinical ... oliguria (< 0.5 mL/kg ... management #Overview #criticalcare ... #differential #causes
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
of lactate as a clinical ... a multitude of clinical ... the appropriate clinical ... cardiac output - Acute ... peritonitis - Acute
Shock Overview
A state of tissue hypoxia due to decreased or dysregulated oxygen delivery or extraction, resulting
Shock Overview ... death Common Clinical ... oliguria (< 0.5 mL/kg ... management #Overview #criticalcare ... #differential #causes
Approach to Possible Hypertensive Emergency

criteria required to diagnose hypertensive emergency
(1) Severe hypertension
 - Usually a MAP
mm is needed to cause ... hypertension (e.g ... , such as: - Acute ... Emergency #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #CriticalCare #
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
important to recognize Acute ... essentially Cardiogenic Shock ... the determined cause ... #differential #algorithm ... heartfailure #chf #criticalcare
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
Infection/Sepsis/Shock ... Neurological symptoms: Acute ... syndrome, ADEM, Acute ... the underlying cause ... with AEDs until cause
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
Syndrome (GBS) Acute ... Incidence: 1 to 2 cases ... peripheral nerve components ... transplantation CLINICAL ... specific therapy, the clinician