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The SALT Mass Casualty Triage Approach
 - SALT stands for “Sort, Assess, Lifesaving interventions, and Treatment
and Treatment or Transport ... #Management #Disaster
Post-Intubation Pre-Departure Checklist - COVID19
1. If intubated, CONFIRM ETT PLACEMENT -> EtCO2
   - If
not intubated, TRANSPORT ... EQUIPMENT for transport ... equipment for transport ... DEBRIEF post transport ... #CriticalCare #Management
Flowchart to diuretic use in acute heart failure.

(A) Congestion with volume overload. 

(B) Treatment algorithm after
sodium–glucose linked transporter ... HeartFailure #Cardiology #Management
Metformin Associated Lactic Acidosis (MALA) 

Pathophysiology of MALA
 - Metformin interferes with the activity of the
mitochondrial electron transport ... Toxicology #Diagnosis #Management
Pharmacologic Management of Constipation
Commonly used laxatives:
 • Bulk-forming laxatives - Psyllium, methylcellulose, polycarbophil
 • Osmotic laxatives
Pharmacologic Management ... Ileal bile acid transporters ... #Constipation #Management
Inherited Defects in Kidney Tubule Epithelial Cells

Renal glucosuria - Na+-dependent glucose cotransporter
Cystinuria - Amino acid transporter
Bartter
dependent glucose cotransporter ... Cystinuria - Amino acid transporter ... syndrome - Na-K-2Cl cotransporter ... Thiazide-sensitive Na—Cl cotransporter
5-Oxoprolinuria
What is it:
 • Aka pyroglutamic acidosis, Intermediate in γ-glutamyl cycle
 • Amino acid transport and
• Amino acid transport ... Oxoprolinuria #diagnosis #management
Nephron Physiology and Transporters
 • Proximal Tubule
 • Thick Ascending Limb
 • Distal Convoluted Tubule
 •
Physiology and Transporters ... pathophysiology #Transporters
Mechanisms of Loop Diuretic Action and Resistance. Panel A, loop diuretics circulate bound to protein. As
organic anion transporters ... sodium–potassium–chloride cotransporter
Schematic Diagram of Specific Transport Defects in some Renal Tubular Disorders

#Diagnosis #Nephrology #Nephron #Transport #Defects #Sites
Diagram of Specific Transport ... Nephrology #Nephron #Transport