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Causes of Acute Kidney Injury ( AKI ) - Prerenal, Renal, and Postrenal

PRE-RENAL 
Impaired perfusion: 
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Causes of Acute ... Kidney Injury ( ... Urethral stricture/valves ... /phimosis #Diagnosis ... GrepMed Recommended Text
Sensitivity is the proportion of truly diseased persons in the screened population who are identified as
will correctly diagnose ... a case, or the ... that any given case ... it has a narrow focus ... #Epidemiology #Sensitivity
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
dysfunction Epidemiology ... Myelitis Diagnosis ... negative, MOG-IgG test ... • Infectious causes ... #Myelitis #diagnosis
USMLE Epidemiology and Biostatistics Summary
Meta-Analysis: pools data from several studies (greater power), limited by quality/bias of
USMLE Epidemiology ... disease who test ... how related two values ... rishimd #USMLE #Epidemiology ... #calculations #diagnosis
Imaging Modalities for Renal Calculus

AXR. KUB
 - Good far calcium-containing stones useful when limited radiation dose
identify non-calculus causes ... of flank or abdominal ... MRI - Limited value ... for non-calculus causes ... Calculi #Renal #Kidney
Hydronephrosis and Urinoma on Renal POCUS (Transverse)
Pt c/o RUQ pain. Has known gallstones and states feels
(Transverse) Pt ... urinoma in this case ... doesn't give you the diagnosis ... #Transverse #clinical ... #kidney
Myositis Ossificans in vastus intermedius on POCUS after trauma - Transverse View

Young male with MMA injury
intermedius on POCUS ... after trauma - Transverse ... What is diagnosis ... hypoechoic oval masses ... Ossificans #thigh #POCUS
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
- Differential Diagnosis ... to bolus these values ... / hypoxemia -> focus ... laboratory or diagnostic ... tests before beginning
Polycythemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Polycythemia itself isn’t a diagnosis. Like many things, it is a condition
an underlying cause ... that a one-off value ... oxygen sensing (at kidneys ... about secondary causes ... Best to have an
COVID-19 - A Seattle Intensivist's One-Page Cheat-Sheet on COVID-19 v2.7 Updated March 26 2020

(v2.7) incorporating newer
Novel Coronavirus Epidemiology ... 31 • First US case ... emergency 2020-3-12 Diagnosis ... unilateral* • POCUS ... GrepMed Recommended Text