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Acute Kidney Injury - Classification
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration
 • Heart failure (a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome)
 • Liver failure
Acute Kidney Injury ... - Classification ... tubular necrosis (causes ... #Kidney #Injury ... #Classification
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
Distress Syndrome ... injury, leading ... to increased pulmonary ... consistent with pulmonary ... RespiratoryDistress #Syndrome
Clinical manifestations of acute liver failure 

Brain: 
Hepatic encephalopathy,  
Cerebral edema,  
Intracranial hypertension,
manifestations of acute ... Subclinical myocardial injury ... pancreatitis Lungs ... : Acute lung injury ... manifestations #acute
Myocardial Injury Classification
Chronic myocardial injury: Chronic heart failure, Cardiomyopathy, Hypertension, CKD/ESRD
Acute nonischemic myocardial injury:
 - Primary
Classification ... cardiomyopathy, Acute ... illness, Sepsis, Pulmonary ... embolism Acute ... #Classification
Effect of PEEP on Lung Recruitment - Bag-Mask Ventilation - Cadaver Simulation
Simulation shows before and after
Effect of PEEP on Lung ... injury. ... Original video by ... Simulation #clinical #video ... #Pulmonary #Positive
Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure - Differential Diagnosis Framework
DECREASED INSPIRED OXYGEN
 • Low PATM Can decrease first part
to neurologic injury ... obesity-hypoventilation syndrome ... : Interstitial lung ... bypassing the lungs ... hepatopulmonary syndrome
Causes of Cough and Hemoptysis
Acute Inflammation 
 - Laryngitis 
 - Tracheobronchitis 
 - Mycoplasma and
and Hemoptysis Acute ... Bronchiectasis - Pulmonary ... Tuberculosis - Lung ... Cancer of the Lung ... Mitral Stenosis - Pulmonary
Interstitial Lung Diseases (ILD)
Exposure-Related ILD (a.k.a. extrinsic allergic alveolitis): 
 • Hypersensitivity pneumonitis, Farmer's lung, Bird
ILD caused by inhalation ... pneumonia (DIP), Acute ... Churg Strauss syndrome ... Eosinophilic pneumonia: Acute ... #causes
Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema - Differential Diagnosis Framework

NCPE Pathophysiology:
Noncardiogenic pulmonary edema occurs because of excessive pulmonary capillary
Causes include: ... • A lack of acute ... Etiology: • Acute ... respiratory distress syndrome ... lung injury (TRALI
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