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Dilated Abdominal Veins and Caput Medusae - Direction of Blood Flow

Vein Milking technique can be used
Dilated Abdominal ... determine the cause ... anterior chest wall & abdominal ... #physicalexam #diagnosis ... #comparison #abdominal
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Pre-Renal:
 • Hypovolemia, Cardiorenal, Distributive Shock, HRS, Hypercalcemia, Renal
Acute Kidney Injury ... , Distributive Shock ... Artery Stenosis, Abdominal ... Post-Renal: • Obstruction ... #nephrology #causes
Imaging Modalities for Renal Calculus

AXR. KUB
 - Good far calcium-containing stones useful when limited radiation dose
radiation dose Ultrasound ... - Able to identify ... non-calculus causes ... of flank or abdominal ... Calculi #Renal #Kidney
Shock - Differential Diagnosis Framework
MAP = CO x SVR
Hypovolemic (↓ Intravascular volume):
 • Hemorrhage, dehydration due
Shock - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... , S3, crackles Obstructive ... findings based on cause ... #table #comparison
Pancreatitis management checklist 
Evaluation to guide etiology & management 
 - RUQ ultrasound 
 - Calcium
management - RUQ ultrasound ... as for septic shock ... increase the risk of abdominal ... limit them as able ... #Diagnosis #Management
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis and Screening Testing
Common causes: 
 • Renal parenchymal disease
- Differential Diagnosis ... disease - Renal ultrasound ... ; MRA; abdominal ... • Obstructive ... #Workup #table
Cold Urticaria
Prevalence - 0.05% in the population
Disease onset - Mostly 2nd to 4th decades of life
Causes
decades of life Causes ... , abdominal pain ... , Hypotension, shock ... #rheumatology #comparison ... #table
Diuretics and Agents Regulating Renal Excretion

Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors (Acetazolamide, Dichlorphenamide)
 • Glaucoma
 • Epilepsy
 • Altitude
disequilibrium syndrome • Diagnosis ... stones caused by ... Postoperative abdominal ... • Hypovolemic shock ... #Medications #Table
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management Summary

Causes of Rhabdomyolysis:
 • Trauma:
	- Immobilization
	- Crush injury
	- Compartment
- Differential Diagnosis ... Management Summary Causes ... Tachycardia - N/V - Abdominal ... Renal tubular obstruction ... nephrotoxicity to kidney
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
importantly, bedside ultrasound ... forward flow to the kidneys ... essentially Cardiogenic Shock ... the determined cause ... cardiology #treatment #table