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Reticulocyte Production Index = (Retic %) x (Hct / 45) / Maturation Factor
The maturation factor is
Reticulocyte Production Index ... . drugs, chemotherapy ... > 3: • Acute ... #differential #diagnosis ... #calculation
Medications causing Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration: Diuretics
 • Altered intrarenal autoregulation: ACEIs / ARBs,
sphincter tone: • Opiates ... decongestants) • Any drug ... #Medications #Drugs ... #pharmacology # ... differential #diagnosis
Causes of Extravascular and Intravascular Hemolysis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Extravascular - Spleen and RES-mediated hemolysis
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Causes of Extravascular ... delayed HTR • Drug-induced ... • PNH • Drug-induced ... immune-complex hemolytic anemia ... • Acute HTR
Causes of Fatigue - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Endocrine
 • Hypo/Hyperthyroidism
 • Diabetes
 • Pituitary Insufficiency
 • Adrenal
Hematologic • Anemia ... Myasthenia Gravis Pharmacologic ... Anti-Depressants • Drug ... Alcohol) • Drug ... Malnutrition / Drug
Simplified Approach to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
1) IS THIS AN EMERGENCY? 
Is there a dialysis indication
Simplified Approach to Acute ... AEIOU ) or anuria ... obstruction, Nephrotoxic drugs ... are caused by prerenal ... you confirmed diagnosis
Pediatric Vomiting - Gastrointestinal and Systemic Causes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hepatobiliary:
 • Acute Hepatitis
 • Acute
Gastrointestinal and Systemic Causes ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Other: • Sepsis (e.g ... Tract Infection Drugs ... #Algorithm #Causes
Causes of Acute Pericarditis:

Infectious;

Viral: 
Adenovirus 
Coxsackie virus A and B 
Echovirus 
Epstein-Barr virus 
Hepatitis 
Human immunodeficiency
Causes of Acute ... induced (select drugs ... pericarditis) Uremia ... Rheumatic fever #Causes ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
If drugs, seizures ... cardiac output - Acute ... peritonitis - Acute ... 30mmHg) - Severe anemia ... Alcohol • Type B2: Drugs
Intraoperative  Bradycardia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Bradycardia in theatre should not be treated as
could have made a drug ... Consider known drug ... causes (eg. remifentanil ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis ... Management #Workup #Cardiology
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
Neurological symptoms: Acute ... abnormality, Medication/Drug ... syndrome, ADEM, Acute ... the underlying cause ... with AEDs until cause