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Continuous Renal Replacement Therapies (CRRT) - Comparison
 - Continuous Veno-venous Hemofiltration (CVVH) utilizes convection. Replacement fluid
Replacement Therapies (CRRT ... CVVH) utilizes convection ... diffusion and convection ... combination of convection ... Replacement #Therapies #CRRT
Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (CRRT) - Overview
Types of CRRT
 • CVVHD - Continuous Veno-Venous hemodialysis -
Replacement Therapy (CRRT ... Overview Types of CRRT ... Hemofiltration - Convection ... - Diffusion + convection ... pericarditis) CRRT
Renal Replacement Therapy (RRT) Modalities

RRT Modalities in the ICU:
 • IHD (Intermittent HD):  3-5 hr
HD machine • CRRT ... session using a CRRT ... machine CRRT ... dialysate flow (both convection ... managment #nephrology #CRRT
Renal Replacement Therapy (RRT) - ICU One Pager Summary
Indications (AIEOU):
 • A: Acidosis (usually severe metabolic)
HD machine • CRRT ... session using a CRRT ... machine CRRT Modes ... dialysate flow (both convection ... managment #nephrology #CRRT
"Playboy Bunny" sign, seen w/hepatic congestion due to R heart failure.

Dr. Josie Acuna @jgacuna

#Hepatic #Congestion #Bunny
seen w/hepatic congestion ... jgacuna #Hepatic #Congestion
Conjunctival and ciliary congestion (injection)

#Conjunctival #Injection #Conjunctivitis #Differential #Diagnosis #Ophthalmology
Conjunctival and ciliary congestion
Common Etiologies of Cirrhosis

Inflammation

 - Hepatitis B (15 percent)

 - Hepatitis C (47 percent)

 - Schistosomiasis
Wilson disease Congestive ... chronic passive congestion
Pathophysiological mechanisms of diastolic heart failure HFpEF and possible therapeutic interventions.
Hypertension → Overload
Diabetes → Oxidative stress,
→ Pulmonary congestion ... , Peripheral congestion
Flowchart to diuretic use in acute heart failure.

(A) Congestion with volume overload. 

(B) Treatment algorithm after
(A) Congestion with ... resolution of congestion ... CHF #Algorithm #Congestive
Medications Used in Congestive Heart Failure

In CHF, the heart is failing as a pump; cardiac output
Medications Used in Congestive ... CHF also causes congestion ... Medications #Action #Congestive