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Urethral Injury in the Emergency Department

Clinical Features, Diagnostics and Treatment

#Urology #Diagnosis #Management #Urethral #Injury #Urethrogram
Urethral Injury ... in the Emergency ... Clinical Features, Diagnostics ... and Treatment ... #Urology #Diagnosis
Vancomycin Associated Acute Kidney Injury

 • Drug induced acute kidney injury is generally defined as a
Associated Acute Kidney Injury ... • Treatment includes ... Vancomycin #AKI #pharmacology ... #toxicology #diagnosis ... #management #nephrology
Phimosis 
Inability to retract the foreskin - Can be normal up to 3 years old -
after age 4 Treatment ... position • Urologic emergency ... Paraphimosis #Comparison #Diagnosis ... #Urology
Acute Kidney Injury - Classification
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration
 • Heart failure (a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome)
 • Liver failure
Acute Kidney Injury ... - Hypertensive emergency ... Acute #Kidney #Injury ... Classification #diagnosis ... #nephrology
An Algorithm for the Management of Seizures

The management of active seizures is algorithmic, starting with a
Pharmacologic treatment ... Algorithm #Management #Emergency ... #Neurology
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) in Patients with Cancer 

Cancer Related 
• Hypercalcemia 
• Intravenous contrast 
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Acute Kidney Injury ... malignancies Treatment ... Acute #Kidney #Injury ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... Classification #Nephrology
Blunt cerebrovascular injury (BCVI) 

Blunt cerebrovascular injury (BCVI) can have 
severe neurologic sequelae. Early diagnosis is
cerebrovascular injury ... cerebrovascular injury ... treatment is delayed ... cerebrovascular #injury ... #Indications #emergency
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management Summary

Causes of Rhabdomyolysis:
 • Trauma:
	- Immobilization
	- Crush injury
	- Compartment
- Differential Diagnosis ... Treatment: ... Treatment of underlying ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #nephrology
Orthopedic Essentials - Spinal Trauma and Spine Classification 
DENIS THREE COLUMN CONCEPT
Anterior column:
spinal deformity or neurologic ... unstable spine injury ... Thoracolumbar Injury ... Cauda equina Treatment ... #Orthopedics #diagnosis
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 ... you confirmed diagnosis ... simplified #workup #diagnosis ... #nephrology