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Definitions of AKI, CKD, AKD
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI):
 • Increase in SCr by 2 50% within
Definitions of AKI, CKD ... ): • GFR < 60 ... • AKI, OR • GFR ... ): • GFR ≥ 60 ... per 1.73 m2 • Stable
Adjusted Pain Medication Dosing based on GFR

#Renal #Dosing #Pain #Pharmacology #Opiates #CKD #Gabapentin #Table
Dosing based on GFR ... Pharmacology #Opiates #CKD ... #Gabapentin #Table
Summary of dosing recommendations in renal impairment of commonly used hypoglycaemic agents

#Diabetes #Diabetic #Medications #Pharmacology #Dosing
Renal #Impairment #CKD ... #Table #GFR #Hypoglycemics
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 ... as "de Musset's sign ... origin" Severe TR ... TricuspidRegurgitation #TR
Abdominojugular (Hepatojugular) Reflux

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

What information about the patient do we get from this #JVP
Regurgitation #TR ... #Lancisis #Sign
Checklist for the Echocardiographic Evaluation of Pulmonary Hypertension
 • Record estimated PASP
 • Evaluate RV size
• Evaluate for signs ... Evaluate severity of TR
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
Kussmaul's Sign - Differential Diagnosis

Typically the JVP decreases with inspiration as the negative intrathoracic pressure "sucks
Kussmaul's Sign ... called Kussmaul's sign ... Kussmaul's sign ... Kussmaul's sign ... stenosis, and severe TR