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Clinical image showing neck seat belt sign (diagonal abrasions are present along the course of the
course of the shoulder ... carotid artery injury ... carotid artery injury ... #EM #Clinical #Trauma ... #SeatbeltSign #emergency
Causes of acute kidney injury (AKI). AKI is classified into pre-renal, renal, and post-renal causes. Renal
Causes of acute ... kidney injury (AKI ... AKI should be considered ... Acute #Kidney #Injury ... #Sites #Nephrology
Acute Kidney Injury - Classification
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration
 • Heart failure (a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome)
 • Liver failure
Acute Kidney Injury ... - Hypertensive emergency ... tubular necrosis (causes ... : sepsis, meds, ... Acute #Kidney #Injury
Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
 • Spinal Cord: Demyelinating Disease (MS), Epidural abscess, Infarction, Syringomyelia, Tetanus, Transverse
Causes of Neuromuscular ... Transverse Myelitis, Trauma ... Phrenic nerve injury ... Shellfish poisoning, Meds ... differential #diagnosis #neurology
Causes of Prolonged Emergence - Anesthesiology

Prolonged Drug Action:
• Overdose 
• Hypothermia (< 33 C) 
• Incr
Causes of Prolonged ... Emergence - Anesthesiology ... • Alcohol Neurologic ... Injury: • Intracranial ... #Prolonged #Emergence
Hearing Loss - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Hearing Loss Types:
• Conductive
• Sensorineural
• Mixed
Presbycusis is the most common type
The evaluation should ... include a: • Neurologic ... audiometry • Patients should ... tympanic membrane • Neurologic ... cause unknown)
The FAST exam from the case in this episode reveals a massive hemopericardium with tamponade. RV
exam from the case ... Crazy case with ... Berge MD, UC Davis Emergency ... Medicine #Clinical #Peds ... #Trauma #POCUS
Simplified Approach to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
1) IS THIS AN EMERGENCY? 
Is there a dialysis indication
to Acute Kidney Injury ... 1) IS THIS AN EMERGENCY ... require urgent nephrology ... are caused by prerenal ... CONSIDER INTRINSIC CAUSES
Upper Extremity Dermatomes and Myotomes
Motor Function
Shoulder:
 • Abduction - C5,C6 (axillary)
 • Adduction - C6, C7,
Motor Function Shoulder ... Erb's Palsy is caused ... spared in this injury ... Anterior Shoulder ... Myotomes #diagnosis #neurology
Efforts to standardize the approach to trauma have led to an algorithmic, thoughtless approach to trauma
In critically injured ... fantastically useful test ... and should be prioritized ... unstable patients should ... witnessed many cases