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Acute Kidney Injury - Classification
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration
 • Heart failure (a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome)
 • Liver failure
- Classification ... tubular necrosis (causes ... : sepsis, meds, ... Kidney #Injury #Classification ... #diagnosis #nephrology
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
Neurological symptoms: Acute ... edema visualized as ... syndrome, ADEM, Acute ... the underlying cause ... until cause identified
Shock Overview
A state of tissue hypoxia due to decreased or dysregulated oxygen delivery or extraction, resulting
While initially reversible ... #diagnosis #management ... #Overview #criticalcare ... #differential #causes ... #classification
Shock Overview
A state of tissue hypoxia due to decreased or dysregulated oxygen delivery or extraction, resulting
While initially reversible ... #diagnosis #management ... #Overview #criticalcare ... #differential #causes ... #classification
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Syndrome - Summary Acute ... Epidemiology: • 1-2 cases ... , tachycardia, reversible ... Guillain-Barre Diagnosis ... variants: (1) acute
Acute Altered Mental Status - Rapid Response Management

1) Ask while en route: vitals, hyper/hypoactive, POC glucose,
Acute Altered Mental ... and stabilize: AMS ... Workup 5) Treat ... the underlying cause ... status #Management #criticalcare
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
myasthenia Diagnosis ... aspiration and acute ... immunosuppressants - Meds ... Myasthenia #Gravis #diagnosis ... #management #neurology
6/02/2022 UPDATE: This assay is designed to detect non-variola orthopoxviruses, including monkeypox virus. It is not
specifically detect monkeypox ... differentiate monkeypox ... 2022-lab-advisory-CLARIFICATION-CDC_Publishes_Non-variola_Orthopoxvirus_PCR_Testing_Procedure ... present with an acute ... by PCR as viremia