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Hyponatremia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
ADH Independent:
 • Tea and Toast Syndrome, Beer Potomania - Low solute
Tea and Toast Syndrome ... briskly to IV fluids ... - Responds to fluid ... Failure - Restrict fluid ... failure, nephrotic syndrome
Fluid Resuscitation in Adult Septic Shock - Surviving Sepsis Guidelines 2016 

#Management #IVFluid #Resuscitation #SurvivingSepsis #Guidelines
Fluid Resuscitation ... #Management #IVFluid
Hyponatremia Treatment Algorithm

CHF, Cirrhosis - Fluid restriction
SIADH - Fluid restriction
 - Consider salt tablets if etiology
CHF, Cirrhosis - Fluid ... restriction SIADH - Fluid ... depletion - IV Fluids ... polydipsia - Normalize fluid
Refeeding Syndrome: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Patients at Risk of Refeeding Syndrome:
 - Little or no nutritional
Refeeding Syndrome ... Risk of Refeeding Syndrome ... Incr glucose, fluid ... Na retention -> Fluid ... pathophysiology #symptoms #signs
Prescribing Maintenance IV Fluids
Assess
 • Can the patient meet their fluid needs orally or enterally? If
patient meet their fluid ... If so no IV fluid ... • Consider fluid ... , Examination, Fluid ... daily - Stop IV fluid
Acute Compartment Syndrome
 • Crush injuries, burns, circumferential constriction to limbs (each containing facially divided muscle
Acute Compartment Syndrome ... Extravasation of IV fluids ... -> More fluid pools ... does not allow fluid ... disperse. => Excess fluid
Diuresis in Critical Care - Achieving a Negative Fluid Balance
Advantages Of A Negative Fluid Balance:
 •
Achieving a Negative Fluid ... Of A Negative Fluid ... Achieving a negative fluid ... liter of positive fluid ... Diuresis #Negative #Fluid
Ramsay Hunt Syndrome - Herpes Zoster Oticus 
Triad:
1. Ipsilateral facial paralysis 
2. Ear pain 
3. Vesicles
Ramsay Hunt Syndrome ... Guillain-Barré syndrome ... • Stroke syndromes ... #RamsayHunt #Syndrome ... Diagnosis #Symptoms #Signs
Ascites - Diagnostic Approach and Differential Diagnosis
The most common causes: cirrhosis, malignancy and heart failure. Approx
relevant findings: Fluid ... dullness (LR 2.1) - fluid ... Labs + Ascitic Fluid ... cloudy or bloody fluid ... chylous: milky fluid
Pancreatitis Complications - Necrotizing Pancreatitis and Fluid Collections
Interstitial Edematous (85%):
 • Acute Pancreatic Fluid Collection (APFC)
Pancreatitis and Fluid ... Acute Pancreatic Fluid ... pancreatic duct syndrome