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Shock Classification and Differential Diagnosis
SHOCK
 • MAP <65, SBP <90, drop in SBP > 40
 •
and Differential ... malperfusion • Lactate ... Insufficiency, Liver ... Medications, Spinal Cord Injury ... 6, CVP < 8 • Blood
Acute Kidney Injury - Classification
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration
 • Heart failure (a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome)
 • Liver failure
Acute Kidney Injury ... - Classification ... cardiorenal syndrome) • Liver ... #Kidney #Injury ... #diagnosis #nephrology
Elevated Liver Function Tests (LFTs) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Mild (<100-500): 
 • NAFLD
 • Cirrhosis
 •
Tests (LFTs) - ... Differential Diagnosis ... Hepatopathy • Acute ... injury) • Ischemic ... #Function #Tests
Hyperkalemia: Diagnostic algorithm
Decreased renal potassium excretion
 • Acute renal failure
 • Chronic renal failure
 • Drugs
Increased
Hyperkalemia: Diagnostic ... excretion • Acute ... diet • Blood ... #algorithm #nephrology ... #potassium #differential
Abnormal liver function tests algorithm.
 This figure details the initial response to abnormal liver blood tests.
blood tests. ... blood tests, synthetic ... blood test derangement ... normalised ratio; LDH, lactate ... #Enzymes #Differential
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury ( AKI ) - Prerenal, Renal, and Postrenal

PRE-RENAL 
Impaired perfusion: 
•
Kidney Injury ( ... • Sepsis • Blood ... /phimosis #Diagnosis ... Postrenal #Failure #Differential ... #Nephrology
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
Lactic Acidosis - Differential ... removal from the blood ... or renal injury ... tests before beginning ... #typea #typeb #classification
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
Acute Liver Injury ... - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... extrahepatic source - Tests ... intestines, white blood
Shock - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 - MAP <65. SBP <90, drop in SBP > 40
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Shock - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... Insufficiency, Liver ... Medications, Spinal Cord Injury ... • Hypovolemic: Blood
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Prerenal:
 • Due to true volume loss or decreased
Acute Kidney Injury ... (AKI) - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... effective arterial blood ... #Diagnosis #nephrology