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Definitions of AKI, CKD, AKD
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI):
 • Increase in SCr by 2 50% within
): • GFR < 60 ... • GFR < 60 ml/min ... • Decrease in GFR ... ): • GFR ≥ 60 ... #CKD #AKD #Definitions
Interpreting Kidney Biomarkers

↑ Creatinine: 
 • AKI, CKD
 • Medications that lead to nephroprotective ↓ in
Creatinine: • AKI ... , CKD • Medications ... nephroprotective ↓ in GFR ... Cystatin C: • AKI ... , CKD • Obesity
Kussmaul's Sign on Physical Exam

What’s the diagnosis?
Severe biventeicular failure with + Kussmaul sign! NICM. No constriction!

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Kussmaul's Sign ... with + Kussmaul sign ... Kussmaul's sign ... cardiomyopathy, severe TR ... #physicalexam #
Abdominojugular (Hepatojugular) Reflux

Described by Pasteur in 1885 as a physical sign of TR. Still useful for
as a physical sign ... of TR. ... Hepatojugular #Reflux #PhysicalExam
Severe Tricuspid Regurgitation on JVP Examination

What information about the patient do we get from this #JVP
Regurgitation #TR ... #Lancisis #Sign ... #JVP #PhysicalExam
De Musset's sign of venous origin - Lateral Head Bob (Heart rate ~130 bpm.)

De Musset's of
De Musset's sign ... fusion) of severe TR ... origin" Severe TR ... TricuspidRegurgitation #TR ... #PhysicalExam #
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Kidney Injury - AKI ... clinical context and signs ... Rhabdo-myolysis: CK ... syndrome: troponin, CK-MB ... Kidney #Injury #AKI
Double Apical Impulse (S4) Visualization on Physical Exam - Hi-Res Video Version: https://www.grepmed.com/images/7802/physicalexam-cardiology-impulse-double-gallop-apical-signs

On palpation, the PMI
www.grepmed.com/images/7802/physicalexam-cardiology-impulse-double-gallop-apical-signs ... palpation, the PMI ... wall over the PMI ... Impulse #S4 #Gallop #PhysicalExam ... #Video #Signs #
Lancisi's Sign (Tricuspid Regurgitation) in a patient with Atrial Fibrillation

If you went to med school before
Lancisi's Sign ( ... indeed Lancisi's sign ... permanent AF, severe TR ... #Lancisis #Sign ... #Video #AFib #PhysicalExam
Myocardial infarction:
Classified into 5 types based on etiology and circumstances:

Type 1: Spontaneous MI caused by ischemia
1: Spontaneous MI ... intervention (signs ... bypass grafting (signs ... #MI #Ischemia #myocardialinfarction ... #CAD #thrombosis