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Simplified Approach to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
1) IS THIS AN EMERGENCY? 
Is there a dialysis indication
Simplified Approach to Acute ... Kidney Injury ( ... require urgent nephrology ... are caused by prerenal ... KidneyInjury #simplified #workup
Peri-operative Hyperthermia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
If prolonged or ≥ 39 C this is a
Treatment depends ... neurotoxicity • Alcohol ... Traumatic brain injury ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management ... #Workup
Wernicke Encephalopathy - Acute B1 (Thiamine) Deficiency - Diagnosis and Management
Diagnosis - Caine Criteria (2 of
Encephalopathy - Acute ... Diagnosis and Management ... • Chronic alcoholism ... Anorexia nervosa Treatment ... #neurology #nutrition
Drug Induced Liver Injury (DILI) - Stepwise Diagnosis Algorithm
DILI suspicion
Features toxic aetiology: Skin involvement, Kidney injury,
Induced Liver Injury ... non-essential drug/HDS treatments ... for alternative causes ... HEV, EBV, CMV), Alcohol-related ... dechallenge • Acute
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
Hypertension - Workup ... An acute rise or ... kidney injury). ... Sympathomimetic, Alcohol ... #Hypertension #Workup
Bell's Palsy - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook

Acute Idiopathic Unilateral Facial Nerve (CN7) Palsy
Presentation:
GrepMed Handbook Acute ... CNS inflammatory cause ... ) • EMG/NCS (rare ... prevent corneal injury ... #Treatment #Neurology
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
liver or renal injury ... cardiac output - Acute ... peritonitis - Acute ... Hypoglycemia - Alcohol ... #typea #typeb #classification
Alcoholic Hepatitis - Management Algorithm
Assess Eligibility for Treatment:
 - Maddrey Discriminant Function ≥ (or possibly MELD
Alcoholic Hepatitis ... - Management Algorithm ... exclude other causes ... injury with serum ... goal of >21 kcal/kg
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

S/Sx: Most pts asymptomatic. Weakness, cramping, nausea, paresthesias, palpitations,
Diagnosis and Management ... , rhabdo/crush injury ... reabsorption) Workup ... only if no clear cause ... #nephrology #K
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
Serologic and EMG ... Myasthenia Crises ... aspiration and acute ... Gravis #diagnosis #management ... #neurology