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Acute Kidney Injury - Classification
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration
 • Heart failure (a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome)
 • Liver failure
Acute Kidney Injury ... - Classification ... Dehydration • Heart failure ... syndrome) • Liver failure ... tubular necrosis (causes
Shock Classification Types - Pathophysiology Comparison

Obstructive Shock:
 • Obstructive shock is characterized by a blockage in
Shock Classification ... in blood flow caused ... Depends on the cause ... leading to organ failure ... Pathophysiology #Comparison #criticalcare
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury ( AKI ) - Prerenal, Renal, and Postrenal

PRE-RENAL 
Impaired perfusion: 
•
Causes of Acute ... Kidney Injury ( ... perfusion: • Cardiac failure ... Prerenal #Postrenal #Failure ... #Differential #Nephrology
Shock - Differential Diagnosis by Classification

Hypovolemic (Intravascular volume depletion)
 - Hemorrhagic 
   • Trauma
Differential Diagnosis by Classification ... - Severe heart failure ... exacerbation (any cause ... Differential #Diagnosis #Classification ... #Table #CriticalCare
In order to better classify heart failure, the American College of Cardiology Foundation and the American
classify heart failure ... staging of heart failure ... treatment, a heart failure ... show symptoms or signs ... of heart failure
Shock Classification and Differential Diagnosis
SHOCK
 • MAP <65, SBP <90, drop in SBP > 40
 •
Shock Classification ... Insufficiency, Liver Failure ... Medications, Spinal Cord Injury ... Sophia_Hayes_MD #Shock #Classification ... Diagnosis #Types #criticalcare
Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure - Differential Diagnosis Framework
DECREASED INSPIRED OXYGEN
 • Low PATM Can decrease first part
Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure ... respiratory drive due to neurologic ... injury or sedatives ... hypoxemic respiratory failure ... #Respiratory #Failure
Causes of Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unprovoked - Epilepsy:
 • Focal: Simple, Complex
 • Generalized: Absence,
Causes of Seizures ... Traumatic brain injury ... Uremia, Liver failure ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes ... #neurology
Kussmaul's Sign on Physical Exam

What’s the diagnosis?
Severe biventeicular failure with + Kussmaul sign! NICM. No constriction!

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Kussmaul's Sign ... biventeicular failure ... with + Kussmaul sign ... and other rarer causes ... #physicalexam #
Common causes of Acute Kidney Injury AKI - Differential Diagnosis
HEMODYNAMIC
 • Cardiac failure: Impaired forward flow,
Common causes of ... Acute Kidney Injury ... HEMODYNAMIC • Cardiac failure ... Acute Tubular Injury ... NephroP #AKI #causes