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Acute Spinal Cord Injuries: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Anterior Cord Syndrome -> Anterior spinal artery
level. ... motor function, level ... Medullaris Syndrome -> Trauma ... and #Acute #SpinalCord ... #orthopedics #neurology
Incomplete Spinal Cord Syndromes
Anterior Cord Syndrome:
 • Bilateral loss of motor, pain and temperature sensation below
sensation below level ... of injury • Intact ... • Penetrating trauma ... #Incomplete #SpinalCord ... Syndromes #Diagnosis #Neurology
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
Acute Liver Injury ... Causes of Acute Liver ... artery: Shock liver ... , CMV, VZV • Trauma ... : Shock liver
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
result in permanent neurologic ... other forms of trauma ... herniation - Trauma ... unilateral) #SpinalCord ... differential #diagnosis #neurology
Causes of Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unprovoked - Epilepsy:
 • Focal: Simple, Complex
 • Generalized: Absence,
Traumatic brain injury ... Hypoxia, Uremia, Liver ... Algorithm #Causes #neurology
Acute Kidney Injury - Classification
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration
 • Heart failure (a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome)
 • Liver failure
Acute Kidney Injury ... cardiorenal syndrome) • Liver ... Acute #Kidney #Injury ... Classification #diagnosis #nephrology
Shock Classification and Differential Diagnosis
SHOCK
 • MAP <65, SBP <90, drop in SBP > 40
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Insufficiency, Liver ... Medications, Spinal Cord Injury ... Diagnosis #Types #criticalcare
Shock - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 - MAP <65. SBP <90, drop in SBP > 40
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Insufficiency, Liver ... Medications, Spinal Cord Injury ... Differential #Diagnosis #criticalcare
Elevated Lactate Dehydrogenase (LDH) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

LDH is a cytoplasmic enzyme present in tissues throughout
RBCs, muscle, liver ... injuries Hepatic Injury ... Hepatocellular Injury ... elevated serum LDH level ... Demand ischemia • Trauma
Guide to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)

What to ask/look for: 
 - HPI, PMH, full ROS
to Acute Kidney Injury ... - TTE/liver fxn? ... AcuteKidneyInjury #AKI #Nephrology