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Acute Kidney Injury - Classification
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration
 • Heart failure (a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome)
 • Liver failure
Acute Kidney Injury ... - Hypertensive emergency ... causes: sepsis, meds ... tract infection • Medications ... Acute #Kidney #Injury
Hearing Loss - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Hearing Loss Types:
• Conductive
• Sensorineural
• Mixed
Presbycusis is the most common type
adults (bilateral age ... The evaluation should ... include a: • Neurologic ... audiometry • Patients should ... tympanic membrane • Neurologic
Pediatric Primitive Reflexes - Maneuver and Ages

Palmar Grasp Reflex
 - Place your fingers into the baby's
- Maneuver and Ages ... holding jaw over shoulder ... Timeline #Pediatrics #Peds ... #Diagnosis #Neurology ... GrepMed Recommended Text
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
when evaluation should ... heart failure, neurologic ... or acute kidney injury ... Neurologic disorders ... Differential #Diagnosis #indications
Who to block and who not to block? Guidelines for Emergency Regional Anesthesiafor Trauma Orthopedic Injuries
Block
Guidelines for Emergency ... Block OK • Shoulder ... document detailed neurologic ... neurovascular injury ... #NerveBlock #Indications
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
peaks between the ages ... Presentation: Injury ... negative, MOG-IgG test ... should be ordered ... diagnosis #management #neurology
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
suffered no head trauma ... arise from blunt trauma ... minor, can be an indication ... following chest trauma ... secretions and should