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Pain, Agitation, and Delirium (PAD) in the ICU
Addressing the ICU Triad (PAD) can be accomplished through
Richmond Agitation ... Propofol infusion syndrome ... , bradycardia. renal ... preventing or treating ... #CriticalCare #diagnosis
Creatine Kinase - Causes of Elevated CK Levels
Acute CK Elevation (Pain > Weakness):
 • RHABDOMYOLYSIS
Creatine Kinase ... (COVID19, CMV/EBV ... Illness Myopathy (ICU ... infarction, Acute renal ... #differential #diagnosis
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
and Differential Diagnosis ... Investigations: full blood ... ANCA, ANA, Anti-GBM ... screen, including blood ... syndrome: troponin
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
Pulmonary Renal ... Differential Diagnosis ... : - ANCA-positive ... anti-ANCA ab, anti-GBM ... #diagnosis #nephrology
The crusade against “Ab”Normal Saline continues.  This is a non-physiologic fluid that can harm our
and Mg2+ whose positive ... blood flow and ... blood flow with ... patients we are all treating ... criticalcare #management #diagnosis
Hematuria in Post-Renal Transplant Patient
Prevalence up to 12% in the postrenal transplant patient
 • Bacterial: Escherichia
infections (HPV, EBV ... (Goodpasture's syndrome ... #differential #diagnosis ... #kidney #blood ... management #treatment #nephrology
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Acute increase
- Differential Diagnosis ... Acute increase in creatinine ... at least 50% Renal ... • Hepatorenal syndromes ... Glomerulonephritis • Anti-GBM
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
Syndromes - OnePager ... antibody, Anti-GBM ... Urine protein to creatinine ... usually low in anti-GBM ... reveals increasing blood
Algorithm - Approach to the differential diagnosis of the patient presenting with overt glomerular proteinuria. CMV
Cytomegalovirus; GBM ... hemolytic-uremic syndrome ... collection based on its creatinine ... content [85].2>5 red blood ... #nephrology
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
- Differential Diagnosis ... pulmonary and renal ... pulses, bruits, or blood ... affects the skin, neurologic ... pain and GN Anti-GBM