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Acute Compartment Syndrome
 • Crush injuries, burns, circumferential constriction to limbs (each containing facially divided muscle
Acute Compartment ... Syndrome • Crush ... does not allow ... pressure #Acute ... CompartmentSyndrome #ACS #pathophysiology
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
osmolarity If cause ... • Abdominal compartment ... syndrome: intravesicular ... pressure • TTP ... • Cardio-renal syndrome
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
Hypertension - Workup and Differential ... use of adequate doses ... with previously stable ... White-coat syndrome ... #Differential #
Peripheral Edema - Differential Diagnosis Framework for Lower Extremity Edema

Edema occurs when any of the following
Peripheral Edema - Differential ... capillary hydrostatic pressure ... plasma oncotic pressure ... dystrophy) • Compartment ... #PhysicalExam #Pathophysiology
How does IAH/ACS result in systemic end organ dysfunction? Through direct transmission of intra-abdominal pressure

#Pathophysiology #ACS
How does IAH/ACS ... intra-abdominal pressure ... #Pathophysiology ... IntraAbdominal #Compartment ... #Syndrome #Hypertension
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis and Management Summary

Trauma:
 • Immobilization, Crush iniury, Compartment syndrome, Electrical injury
Exertional:
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Rhabdomyolysis - Differential ... Crush iniury, Compartment ... syndrome, Electrical ... Dermatomyositis) AKI - Pathophysiology ... Management #Summary #causes
Drugs associated with hypokalemia and hypomagnesemia

Hypokalemia
- Shift from extracellular fluid to intracellular fluid compartment
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intracellular fluid compartment ... Insulin (high dose ... renal Fanconi syndrome ... #Medications #differential ... diagnosis #nephrology #Causes
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
- Differential ... Diagnosis and Pathophysiology ... Acute Coronary Syndrome ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #Pathophysiology
Orthopedic Emergencies
Compartment Syndrome
 • An increase in compartment pressure to the point where tissue perfusion is
Syndrome • An ... increase in compartment ... pressure to the ... this maneuver does ... • Syndrome caused
Hyponatremia - Differential Diagnosis by Mechanism
Decr Blood Pressure (“Decr Effective Circulating Volume”) 
 - Volume depletion
Hyponatremia - Differential ... Mechanism Decr Blood Pressure ... - Cirrhosis Syndrome ... #Diagnosis #Table ... #Causes #Sodium