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POLAR Randomized Clinical Trial - Effect of Early Sustained Prophylactic Hypothermia on Neurologic Outcomes Among Patients
POLAR Randomized Clinical ... Hypothermia on Neurologic ... Traumatic Brain Injury ... #CriticalCare #ICU ... VisualAbstract #EBM
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Pre-Renal:
 • Hypovolemia, Cardiorenal, Distributive Shock, HRS, Hypercalcemia, Renal
Acute Kidney Injury ... GN: ANCA, Anti-GBM ... , C3/C4, Other ... Diagnosis #nephrology ... #causes #algorithm
Creatine Kinase - Causes of Elevated CK Levels
Acute CK Elevation (Pain > Weakness):
 • RHABDOMYOLYSIS
Creatine Kinase - Causes ... (COVID19, CMV/EBV ... Illness Myopathy (ICU ... renal injury, Strenuous ... #Elevated #CK #differential
Idiopathic CD4 Lymphopenia (ICL) / Lymphocytopenia 

DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA FOR ICL
 • Persistent CD4 T-cell lymphopenia
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(ICL) / Lymphocytopenia ... DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA FOR ICL ... EBV. CMV. ... #Lymphopenia #ICL ... #Causes #lymphocytopenia
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Acute Kidney Injury ... investigations depending on clinical ... ANCA, ANA, Anti-GBM ... Anti-ds-DNA, C3/C4 ... #causes
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
Clinical Picture ... life-threatening Differential ... Bedside: ice pack ... aspiration and acute ... diagnosis #management #neurology
Ocular Myasthenia Gravis on Physical Exam

A 41yo female was referred by her neurologist for double vision.
Her clinical exam ... non-localized EOM ... cogan sign and the ice ... #PhysicalExam #clinical ... ophthalmology #neurology
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
Pathophysiology: Triggering factor (infection,...)→Activation of CD8 T cells (IFN-y) → Excessive activation of macrophages
→Activation of CD8 ... accumulation of clinical ... Assessment • Clinical ... biologics (CMV +++, EBV ... of emergency, ICU
Cullen's sign. Lipase 1,781. Bruising in the skin around the umbilicus. This sign is named after
associated with acute ... conditions that cause ... pregnancy, or other causes ... #cullensign #em ... peritonitis #IM #FM #ICU