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Medications causing Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration: Diuretics
 • Altered intrarenal autoregulation: ACEIs / ARBs,
calcineurin inhibitors (e.g ... Sympathomimetics (e.g ... decongestants) • Any drug ... anticholinergic effects (e.g ... #Medications #Drugs
Causes of Fatigue - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Endocrine
 • Hypo/Hyperthyroidism
 • Diabetes
 • Pituitary Insufficiency
 • Adrenal
Hematologic • Anemia ... Anti-Depressants • Drug ... Abuse (e.g. ... Alcohol) • Drug ... Malnutrition / Drug
Intraoperative Cardiac Ischaemia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

If the patient is unconscious, signs of cardiac
trolley and 12-lead ECG ... CM5 continuous ECG ... Obtain a 12-lead ECG ... consultation with cardiology ... #Management #Workup
Causes of ST Segment Elevation - Differential Diagnosis Framework

STEMI:
 • Upsloping convex STE: "Pardee's sign" +
- Differential Diagnosis ... Sodium-channel blocking drugs ... #differential #diagnosis ... #cardiology #ecg ... #ekg #electrocardiogram
Simplified Approach to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
1) IS THIS AN EMERGENCY? 
Is there a dialysis indication
dialysis indication (e.g ... AEIOU ) or anuria ... obstruction, Nephrotoxic drugs ... (e.g NSAlDs) 3 ... KidneyInjury #simplified #workup
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
by excretion (e.g ... its metabolism (e.g ... circulation If drugs ... 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 ... #Management #Workup ... #Cardiology
Neuroprotection following Cardiac Arrest - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Outcome from cardiac arrest is determined by
neuromuscular blocking drugs ... Obtain 12-lead ECG ... and discuss with cardiology ... antiepileptic drugs ... #Management #Workup
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
exam • 12-lead ECG ... Valvular disease (e.g ... • Serotonergic drugs ... Hyperthyroidism • Anemia ... #Palpitations #Cardiology