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Crystalloid Compositon - Normal Saline, Lactated Ringers, PlasmaLyte
#Pharmacology #Crystalloids #Contents #Comparison #Table #Normosol #Plasmalyte #LactatedRingers #NormalSaline
Comparison #Table #Normosol ... #NormalSaline #NS ... #LR #IVFluids
Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis and Management

Pneumonia Signs/Symptoms:
 • Confusion/disorientation (LR + 1.9)
 • Cough
Acquired Pneumonia (CAP ... ) - Diagnosis and ... + NS) • Cachexia ... requiring aggressive fluid ... #Diagnosis #Management
Ascites - Diagnostic Approach and Differential Diagnosis
The most common causes: cirrhosis, malignancy and heart failure. Approx
Ascites - Diagnostic ... and Differential Diagnosis ... wave (LR 5.3), ... Jcortesizaguirr #Ascites #workup ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Simplified Approach to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
1) IS THIS AN EMERGENCY? 
Is there a dialysis indication
Trial isotonic fluids ... (NS or LR) • ... you confirmed diagnosis ... KidneyInjury #simplified #workup ... #diagnosis #nephrology
Shock - Diagnosis and Management Summary
 • Hypotension: SBP<90, SBP drop >40, MAP<65 (Normotension, HTN possible
Shock - Diagnosis ... SBP drop >40, MAP ... IV's, Consider IL NS ... /LR infusion • ... and Survey 4) Workup
Cardiac Tamponade - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Caused by an accumulation of blood, pus, effusion fluid
pus, effusion fluid ... tube ❹ Rapid diagnosis ... • Diagnostic ... measures: • Fluid ... #Management #Workup
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

S/Sx: Most pts asymptomatic. Weakness, cramping, nausea, paresthesias, palpitations,
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis ... reabsorption) Workup ... hypovolemia) - Use LR ... Bicarb<22) - avoid NS ... hypertonic Amp IVP
This requires defining some general cutoff values for likelihood ratios.  These are admittedly arbitrary, but
boundaries to work ... Weak impact: +LR ... >10 or a -LR <1 ... This allows us to map ... likelihood ratios: #Diagnosis
Abdominal Compartment Syndrome & Intrabdominal Pressure Measurement
APP (Abdominal Perfusion Pressure) = MAP (Mean Arterial Pressure) -
retroperitoneal fluid ... sepsis, excessive fluid ... the Foley side port ... to fill with IV fluid ... #Instructions #diagnosis
The crusade against “Ab”Normal Saline continues.  This is a non-physiologic fluid that can harm our
non-physiologic fluid ... Extracellular Fluid ... ECF and ICF both work ... crystalloids like LR ... criticalcare #management #diagnosis