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Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Pre-Renal:
 • Hypovolemia, Cardiorenal, Distributive Shock, HRS, Hypercalcemia, Renal
Framework Pre-Renal ... Hypercalcemia, Renal ... Artery Stenosis, Abdominal ... Pigment, Protein) • AIN ... : • Obstruction
Imaging Modalities for Renal Calculus

AXR. KUB
 - Good far calcium-containing stones useful when limited radiation dose
Modalities for Renal ... Calculus AXR ... for ureteric and renal ... causes of flank or abdominal ... for ureteric and renal
Complex Ascites with Air Bubbles in Colonic Perforation on POCUS

Hemodynamically unstable with rigid abdomen.  Patient
Complex Ascites with Air ... Perforation on POCUS ... perforation and obstruction ... to look for the abdominal ... #Perforation #POCUS
Urothelial Thickening on Renal POCUS
Teenager (female) with flank pain and fever.  POCUS to evaluate for
Thickening on Renal ... POCUS Teenager ... POCUS to evaluate ... for obstructive ... fluid collections, air
Nephrolithiasis and Hydronephrosis on POCUS

40 yo F presents with unilateral abdominal pain and n/v.
The transducer is
Hydronephrosis on POCUS ... with unilateral abdominal ... fluid, & a non-obstructing ... there may be an obstructing ... Hydronephrosis #POCUS
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
SpO2 88% on room air ... This post will focus ... Rib Fractures Rib ... fractures, though ... consider intra-abdominal