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A serious case of Flail chest. This is a medical emergency!

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#Flail #Chest #Breathing #Pattern
A serious case of ... This is a medical emergency ... Breathing #Pattern #Trauma
Acute and Chronic Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis
Pulmonary/Chest Wall:
 • Acute: Trauma, COPD exacerbation, Asthma
Acute and Chronic ... Causes of Dyspnea ... : Trauma, COPD exacerbation ... , Hypertensive emergency ... #Chronic #Causes
Simplified Approach to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
1) IS THIS AN EMERGENCY? 
Is there a dialysis indication
Simplified Approach to Acute ... 1) IS THIS AN EMERGENCY ... are caused by prerenal ... CONSIDER INTRINSIC CAUSES ... LorinskyMD #AKI #Acute
ACUTE ABDOMEN systemic sonographic approach to acute abdomen in emergency 
department - Mnemonic and Differential

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ACUTE ABDOMEN systemic ... sonographic approach to acute ... abdomen in emergency ... viscus) T - Trauma ... /Revivan75 #ACUTE
Hypertension and Altered Mental Status (AMS) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Hypertension:
 • Hypertensive emergency
 • Hypertensive encephalopathy
• Hypertensive emergency ... Renal: • Acute ... GN • Acute/Chronic ... Scleroderma renal crises ... Differential #Diagnosis #causes
Approach to Possible Hypertensive Emergency

criteria required to diagnose hypertensive emergency
(1) Severe hypertension
 - Usually a MAP
Possible Hypertensive Emergency ... mm is needed to cause ... Hypertensive emergency ... patients who have acute ... , such as: - Acute
Signs and Symptoms Associated With Different Headache Etiologies
 • Nonfocal mental status changes - Meningitis, encephalitis,
Intraparenchymal bleed, tentorial ... stroke • Severe nausea ... pressure, SAH, tentorial ... nerve palsy - Tentorial ... signs #symptoms #clues
Pediatric Causes of Abdominal Pain

Surgical:
 - Acute appendicitis 
 - Intestinal obstruction including intussusception 
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Pediatric Causes ... Surgical: - Acute ... Pancreatitis - Trauma ... infection • acute ... Pain #Pediatrics #Causes
Acute Kidney Injury - Classification
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration
 • Heart failure (a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome)
 • Liver failure
Acute Kidney Injury ... - Hypertensive emergency ... disease - Acute ... tubular necrosis (causes ... prerenal AKI) - Acute
Causes of Generalized Edema - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Overfill (Increased renal sodium retention, Urine Na > 40meq/L)
Causes of Generalized ... • Sepsis • Acute ... Allergies • Burns/Trauma ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes