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Acute Mesenteric Ischemia - Performance of 
Laboratory Tests (Sensitivity, Specificity) 
- WBC, Lactate, D-dimer, Urine I-FABP

#Mesenteric
Mesenteric Ischemia - Performance ... of Laboratory ... Mesenteric #Ischemia #AMI ... #Testing #Diagnosis ... #Laboratory #Sensitivity
Guide to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)

What to ask/look for: 
 - HPI, PMH, full ROS
Kidney Injury (AKI ... - TTE/liver fxn? ... disease — 21% - AKI ... Nephrology #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Causes #Differential
Abnormal liver function tests algorithm.
 This figure details the initial response to abnormal liver blood tests.
tests algorithm ... decision for repeat testing ... aminotransferase; BMI ... LFTs #Abnormal #Algorithm ... #Enzymes #Differential
Causes of Tremors - Movement Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Action Tremor - Occurs During Voluntary Muscle
Movement Disorders - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... multiple sclerosis) Resting ... Etiology (Thyroid, Liver ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Diagnosis Adrenal Insufficiency - Algorithm

Step 1) Screening Test: 6-8AM Cortisol Level
 - Early morning cortisol levels
Insufficiency - Algorithm ... > 15 excludes AI ... require Cosyntropin testing ... Step 3) Differentiate ... Insufficiency #Algorithm
Nutrition in Cirrhosis: Dos and Don’ts
Screening:
 • Patients at risk for RFH-Nutritional Prioritizing Tool
 • Low
Prioritizing Tool • Low BMI ... ) • Advanced liver ... Global physical performance ... (avoiding long fasting ... effect of long fasting
Physiologic Approach to Hypotonic Hyponatremia
The next time you have a case of hypotonic hyponatremia, give the
normal volume-based algorithm ... Cerebral Salt Wasting ... Renal Losses (AKI ... , Post-AKI diuresis ... #Hyponatremia #differential
Shock Overview
A state of tissue hypoxia due to decreased or dysregulated oxygen delivery or extraction, resulting
develop in the setting ... meds • Other: AI ... , thyroid dz liver ... O2 delivery • MI ... #criticalcare #differential
Primary Biliary Cirrhosis (PBC) - Summary

PBC Epidemiology:
 • Female:Male 9:1
 • Common European descent
 • Age:
cholestasis → Cirrhosis/Liver ... Proximal limb muscle wasting ... 1.5 x ULN • AMA ... or higher • Liver ... bile ducts Differential
Shock Overview
A state of tissue hypoxia due to decreased or dysregulated oxygen delivery or extraction, resulting
develop in the setting ... meds • Other: AI ... , thyroid dz liver ... O2 delivery • MI ... #criticalcare #differential