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Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Acute or chronic ... Compensation, Acute ... AG metabolic acidosis ... D-lactate (short bowel syndrome ... Summary #Nephrology #ABG
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Pre-Renal:
 • Hypovolemia, Cardiorenal, Distributive Shock, HRS, Hypercalcemia, Renal
Acute Kidney Injury ... (AKI) - Differential ... Abdominal Compartment Syndrome ... #Acute #Kidney ... #Injury #Differential
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Acute increase
Kidney Injury (AKI ... ) - Differential ... Kidney Injury ( ... AKI) - Acute increase ... • Hepatorenal syndromes
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) in Patients with Cancer 

Cancer Related 
• Hypercalcemia 
• Intravenous contrast 
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Acute Kidney Injury ... (AKI) in Patients ... gammopathy of renal ... cyclophosphamide) #Acute ... #Differential #
Causes of HyperKalemia - Differential Diagnosis
Increased extracellular K+:
 • Tissue injury
 • Hemolysis
 • Rhabdomyolysis
 •
K+: • Tissue injury ... • Tumor lysis syndrome ... • Metabolic acidosis ... glycosides • High ... acute iatrogenic
Guide to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)

What to ask/look for: 
 - HPI, PMH, full ROS
Guide to Acute Kidney ... Injury (AKI) ... OTCs, herbals, abx ... protein/Cr - Renal ... Algorithm #Causes #Differential
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Acute Kidney Injury ... Abdominal compartment syndrome ... syndrome: troponin ... cardiac imaging #Acute ... #Kidney #Injury
Common causes of Acute Kidney Injury AKI - Differential Diagnosis
HEMODYNAMIC
 • Cardiac failure: Impaired forward flow,
Kidney Injury AKI ... - Differential ... inhibitors, hepatorenal syndrome ... thromboembolism, renal ... Tubular Injury/
Acute Kidney Injury - Differential Diagnosis Framework
PRERENAL:
 - Intrarenal vasoconstriction-hemodynamically mediated
 - Systemic vasodilation
 - Volume
Acute Kidney Injury ... - Differential ... appropriate) #Acute ... #Kidney #Injury ... #AKI #Differential
Toluene Poisoning - Diagnosis and Management Summary
What is it?  Volatile hydrocarbon, Glue or paint-sniffing, Occupational
Diagnosis and Management ... effects (inc psych) Renal ... raised AG acidosis ... associated with AKI ... , ↓K+ Renal - chronic