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Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Pre-Renal:
 • Hypovolemia, Cardiorenal, Distributive Shock, HRS, Hypercalcemia, Renal
Kidney Injury (AKI ... , Distributive Shock ... , HRS, Hypercalcemia ... Medicine @SCVMCMed #AKI ... nephrology #causes #algorithm
Hepatorenal Syndrome (HRS) - Diagnostic Criteria
HRS-AKI (Acute: previously known as HRS Type 1)
 • ↑ Creatinine
Diagnostic Criteria HRS-AKI ... 20% HAS) • No shock ... nephrotoxics (e.g ... renal ultrasound HRS-NAKI ... Type 2) • HRS-AKD
Shock Classification
Shock Definition: State of cellular and tissue hypoxia due to: reduced oxygen delivery, increased oxygen
Shock Classification ... PRE-SHOCK - Compensated ... shock. ... end-organ damage, multisystem ... #Classification
Atrioventricular Blocks (AV blocks) - ECG Diagnosis Summary
First Degree AV Block
 • The P wave is
(AV blocks) - ECG ... group-beating" on the ECG ... AVBlock #cardiology #ekg ... #ecg #diagnosis ... electrocardiogram #classification
Shock Types - Classification
State of cellular and tissue hypoxia due to: reduced oxygen delivery, increased oxygen
Shock Types - Classification ... PRE-SHOCK - Compensated ... shock. ... end-organ damage, multisystem ... #Classification
Summary of Heart Blocks
1st Degree Heart Block:
 • Prolonged PR >200ms (5 small squares).
 • Narrow
• Prolonged PR ... I Heart Block (aka ... HeartBlocks #Types #Classification ... summary #Diagnosis #EKG ... electrocardiogram #ecg
DETROIT CARDIOGENIC SHOCK INITIATIVE ALGORITHM

INCLUSION CRITERIA
Acute Myocardial Infarction
 Ischemic Symptoms
 EKG and/or biomarker evidence of AMI
DETROIT CARDIOGENIC SHOCK ... INITIATIVE ALGORITHM ... Ischemic Symptoms  EKG ... biomarker evidence of AMI ... #Algorithm #DCSI
Chest Pain / ACS Evaluation Algorithm
Algorithm that attempts to the use history taking (guided by LRs),
ACS Evaluation Algorithm ... Algorithm that ... taking (guided by LRs ... Diamond-Forrester classification ... - History - EKG
Hepatorenal Syndrome (HRS)

Definition:
• Functional, potentially reversible kidney impairment.
• Occurs in advanced liver disease: cirrhosis, severe alcoholic
Exclude other AKI ... Classification: ... HRS-AKI (formerly ... HRS-Non-AKI (formerly ... liver insult (e.g
Admitting in the ICU - Checklist
VITALS: If bad, stop and go see the patient immediately; you
hyponatremia, AKI ... if the pt has pre-existing ... /management of shock ... • For most ICU pts ... will also get an EKG