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An intuitive way to use ultrasound to evaluate sick patients along the peri-shock to full shock
High or Think Low ... Diagnosis #POCUS #Evaluation ... #Protocol #Algorithm ... #Cardiogenic #Obstructive
An intuitive way to use ultrasound to evaluate sick patients along the peri-shock to full shock
High or Think Low ... Diagnosis #POCUS #Evaluation ... #Protocol #Algorithm ... #Low #Abdomen #
Hypokalemia Evaluation Algorithm

Before evaluating hypokalemia, life threatening complications such as arrhythmias and paralysis should be looked
Algorithm Before ... consumption • Low ... Hypokalemia #diagnosis #Algorithm ... differential #potassium #nephrology ... #low
Simplified Approach to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
1) IS THIS AN EMERGENCY? 
Is there a dialysis indication
require urgent nephrology ... evaluation? ... : Hypovolemia, Low ... volume, Urinary obstruction ... workup #diagnosis #nephrology
UCSF COVID-19 Adult Clinical Evaluation Guide - Updated April 10 2020

Clinical Presentation
• Fever: hospitalized pts but
Adult Clinical Evaluation ... usually normal or low ... normal, can be low ... Guide #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Protocol #SARSCoV2
Approach to Acid Base Disorders - Evaluation and Differential Diagnosis
1) Start with the Anion Gap (AG).
2)
Base Disorders - Evaluation ... 3) Now, look at ... done by using formulas ... CNS depression, Obstructive ... Base #Disorders #Evaluation
Causes of Hyperkalemia - Reduced Excretion - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Reduced flow through distal nephron - TTKG
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... < 20 meq/L • Low ... • AIN/CIN • Obstruction ... IntercellularShift #Nephrology ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Hypokalemia Diagnostic Algorithm
To assess potassium excretion: perform 24-hour urine collection or alternatively obtain potassium-to-creatinine ratio on
Hypokalemia Diagnostic Algorithm ... 24-hour urine collection ... Hypokalemia #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #TTKG #nephrology ... #low #potassium
Pragmatic diagnostic algorithm for hypokalemia. 
***Typical presentations: 
 • Vomiting: urine Na/Cl > 1.6, low urine
Pragmatic diagnostic algorithm ... urine Na/Cl > 1.6, low ... Ideally, after correcting ... #differential #algorithm ... #nephrology