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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 - 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
Shock Classification and Differential Diagnosis
SHOCK
 • MAP <65, SBP <90, drop in SBP > 40
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Shock Classification ... Insufficiency, Liver Failure ... Medications, Spinal Cord Injury ... Sophia_Hayes_MD #Shock #Classification ... Diagnosis #Types #criticalcare
Causes of Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unprovoked - Epilepsy:
 • Focal: Simple, Complex
 • Generalized: Absence,
Causes of Seizures ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Traumatic brain injury ... Uremia, Liver failure ... #Causes #neurology
Causes of Anemia by Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Low Mean Corpuscular Volume (<80
Causes of Anemia ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Hemolysis • Marrow Failure ... #Anemia #MCV #Classification ... #Causes #Hematology
Causes of Pleural Effusion - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Transudate - Hydrostatic
 • Congestive heart failure
 • Constrictive
Causes of Pleural ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Congestive heart failure ... • Postcardiac injury ... #Hepatology #causes
Shock Types - Classification
State of cellular and tissue hypoxia due to: reduced oxygen delivery, increased oxygen
multisystem organ failure ... or spinal cord injury ... decompensated heart failure ... vascular → RV failure ... diagnosis #management #criticalcare
Shock - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 - MAP <65. SBP <90, drop in SBP > 40
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Insufficiency, Liver Failure ... Medications, Spinal Cord Injury ... Differential #Diagnosis #criticalcare ... #algorithm #treatment
Shock Overview
A state of tissue hypoxia due to decreased or dysregulated oxygen delivery or extraction, resulting
-> multiorgan failure ... thyroid dz liver failure ... • MI, Heart Failure ... management #Overview #criticalcare ... #differential #causes
Kussmaul's Sign on Physical Exam

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

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biventeicular failure ... and other rarer causes ... Kussmauls #Sign #physicalexam ... #clinical #video