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Acute Kidney Injury - Differential Diagnosis Framework
PRERENAL:
 - Intrarenal vasoconstriction-hemodynamically mediated
 - Systemic vasodilation
 - Volume
Acute Kidney Injury ... Diuretics if heart failure ... Glomerular (red blood ... eosinophils/white blood ... treating underlying cause
Hyperkalemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

PseudoHyperkalemia:
 • Lab error
 • Traumatic venipuncture
 • Hemolysis, thrombocytosis, leukocytosis
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• Trauma/Crush injury ... • Blood transfusion ... insufficiency/Failure ... Blood transfusion ... differential #diagnosis #causes
Hyperkalemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

PseudoHyperkalemia:
 • Lab error
 • Traumatic venipuncture
 • Hemolysis, thrombocytosis, leukocytosis
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• Trauma/Crush injury ... • Blood transfusion ... insufficiency/Failure ... Blood transfusion ... differential #diagnosis #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 ... accept increased blood ... and other rarer causes ... Kussmauls #Sign #physicalexam ... #clinical #video
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Shock - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 - MAP <65. SBP <90, drop in SBP > 40
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Insufficiency, Liver Failure ... Medications, Spinal Cord Injury ... • Hypovolemic: Blood ... Differential #Diagnosis #criticalcare ... algorithm #treatment #management
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
inflammatory lung injury ... overload with heart failure ... there is no clear cause ... the underlying cause ... #CriticalCare
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
papilledema, heart failure ... or acute kidney injury ... disorders including hypokalemia ... hypertension (blood ... Hyperthyroidism, Hypercalcemia
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

S/Sx: Most pts asymptomatic. Weakness, cramping, nausea, paresthesias, palpitations,
and Management ... , rhabdo/crush injury ... - Renal Failure ... only if no clear cause ... Definitive in ESRD or failure
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) - Basics
Mode of cardiopulmonary support used to treat pulmonary and/or cardiovascular failure
cardiovascular failure ... cardiopulmonary failure ... ventilator-induced lung injury ... #ECMO #Basics #management ... #pulmonary #criticalcare
Causes of Hyperkalemia
Pseudohyperkalemia
 - Tourniquet use
 - Hemolysis (in vitro)
 - Leukocytosis
 - Thrombocytosis
Intra- to extracellular
Causes of Hyperkalemia ... Transfusion of aged blood ... Rhabdomyolysis/crush injury ... excretion - Renal failure ... #Causes #diagnosis