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Diuresis in Critical Care - Achieving a Negative Fluid Balance
Advantages Of A Negative Fluid Balance:
 •
Negative Fluid Balance ... Negative Fluid Balance ... negative fluid balance ... positive fluid balance ... INHIBITOR) to normalize
ICU Hypotension - Evaluation Algorithm

OFTEN Mnemonic:

OWN THE PULSE PRESSURE 

FEEL YOUR PATIENT'S LEGS 

TEST FOR FLUID
RESPONSIVENESS ECHO/POCUS ... NORMALIZE VENOUS
Hypothalamus Anatomy and Hypothalamic Nuclei
 • Anterior hypothalamic nucleus - Body temperature, thermal regulation (heat dissipation),
nucleus - Water balance ... oxytocin, destruction causes ... hypothalamic area - Water balance ... regulation, destruction causes ... nucleus - Water Balance
Causes of Dizziness - Vertigo - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
True Vertigo - Illusion of Rotary Movement
Peripheral Vestibular
Causes of Dizziness ... Dysfunction - Nausea ... Ototoxicity (usually imbalance ... Dysfunction - Imbalance ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Internal Jugular Vein Rouleaux Flow on POCUS

Amazing video of a dilated IJV showing Rouleaux flow. Whenever
Rouleaux Flow on POCUS ... significantly, it causes ... echogenic as in this case ... for underlying cause ... Jugular #IJ #Vein #POCUS
Primary and Secondary Causes of Cardiomyopathy
(a) Primary cardiomyopathies 
 - Genetic 
 - Mixed (genetic/acquired)
and Secondary Causes ... - Electrolyte imbalance ... #Differential #Causes
Causes of Falls in the Elderly - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
- Intrinsic Factors - 
Presyncope / Syncope
Causes of Falls ... • Decreased Balance ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Vertigo - is it central or peripheral? Vertigo is classified into either peripheral or central depending
it can also be caused ... Vertigo that is caused ... injury to the balance
Causes of Prolonged Emergence - Anesthesiology

Prolonged Drug Action:
• Overdose 
• Hypothermia (< 33 C) 
• Incr
Causes of Prolonged ... Metabolic Causes ... • Electrolyte imbalance ... Anesthesiology #Causes
Vascular Skin Lesions - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 - Petechiae < 0.2 cm diameter
 - Purpura 0.2
Telangiectasia Does not blanche ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #causes