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Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
liver or renal injury ... before beginning treatment ... cardiac output - Acute ... - Compartment syndrome ... peritonitis - Acute
Orthopedic Emergencies
Compartment Syndrome
 • An increase in compartment pressure to the point where tissue perfusion is
Syndrome caused ... days after an acute ... injury or after ... including DM • Treatment ... of spinal cord injury
Borrelia recurrentis on Peripheral Blood Smear
23M Somali refugee recently arrived w/severe abd pain, confusion and fever
Syndrome: 3d of ... Specific organ injury ... of blood smear, acute ... often experience acute ... initiation of treatment
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

Who?
• 5% of patients
• Dose ≥ 400 mg per day

How?  Possible
cytotoxic lung injury ... pleural effusions • Acute ... toxicity (e.g., acute ... respiratory distress syndrome ... Exclude other causes
Acute Spinal Cord Injuries: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Anterior Cord Syndrome -> Anterior spinal artery
Acute Spinal Cord ... Anterior Cord Syndrome ... • Central Cord Syndrome ... Posterior Cord Syndrome ... weakness and #Acute
Reflex Testing - Causes of Hyporeflexia and Hyperreflexia
Focal Hyporeflexia: 
 • Radiculopathy, Mononeuropathy, Polyneuropathy, Acute stroke,
Polyneuropathy, Acute ... stroke, Acute spinal ... cord injury Generalized ... Guillain-Barré syndrome ... in spinal cord injury
Acute Kidney Injury Framework - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

#AKI #Acute #Kidney #Injury #Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm #causes
Acute Kidney Injury ... Algorithm #AKI #Acute ... #Kidney #Injury ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #causes
Table of Causes of Acute Liver Injury
#Diagnosis #Hepatology #Acute #Liver #Injury #Causes #Differential #Incidence #Table #Failure
Table of Causes ... of Acute Liver Injury ... Diagnosis #Hepatology #Acute ... #Liver #Injury ... #Causes #Differential
Acute Kidney Injury - Classification
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration
 • Heart failure (a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome)
 • Liver failure
Acute Kidney Injury ... a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome ... a.k.a. hepatorenal syndrome ... tubular necrosis (causes ... #Kidney #Injury
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) in Patients with Cancer 

Cancer Related 
• Hypercalcemia 
• Intravenous contrast 
•
Acute Kidney Injury ... malignancies Treatment ... Capillary leak syndrome ... cyclophosphamide) #Acute ... #Kidney #Injury