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Pharmacological Treatment of Hepatorenal Syndrome (HRS)

Midodrine - Alpha agonist incr blood pressure incr renal perfusion pressure
Vasoconstriction ... Systemic vasoconstriction ... edgarvlermamd - Nephrology ... HepatoRenal #Syndrome #Nephrology
Stroke - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm and Management
Hemorrhagic:
 • Intracerebral: HTN, Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy, Trauma, Bleeding Diathesis,
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Atherosclerosis, Dissection, Vasoconstriction ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #management #neurology
Causes of Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unprovoked - Epilepsy:
 • Focal: Simple, Complex
 • Generalized: Absence,
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Reversible cerebral vasoconstriction ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Causes #neurology
Hepatorenal Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Who gets HRS?
 • Decompensated cirrhosis
 • Typically with existing
Splanchnic/extrarenal vasoconstriction ... agonist of a1 (↑ vasoconstriction ... agonist, Splanchnic vasoconstriction ... regardless of vasoconstrictor
Vasopressors - Charted by Vasoconstriction, Vasodilation, and Inotropy
 - Dobutamine
 - Milrinone 
 - Vasopressin
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Vasopressors - Charted by Vasoconstriction ... #Vasopressors #Vasoconstriction
Algorithmic Approach to the Patient with Azotemia

#Azotemia #AKI #Nephrology #Diagnosis #Differential #Algorithm #Management
Algorithmic Approach ... Azotemia #AKI #Nephrology ... #Differential #Algorithm
Hepatorenal Syndrome (HRS)

Definition:
• Functional, potentially reversible kidney impairment.
• Occurs in advanced liver disease: cirrhosis, severe alcoholic
perfusion + ↑ renal vasoconstriction ... • Renal vasoconstriction ... substituted as the vasoconstrictor ... • Vasoconstrictor ... Syndrome #Hepatology #Nephrology
Hepatorenal Syndrome Treatment
Volume expansion: 
 • Albumin (typical dose = 1g/kg on day 1 +/- day
oral systemic vasoconstrictor ... selective splanchnic vasoconstrictor ... management #HRS #nephrology
Kidney Biopsy - Diagnosis Algorithms
1) Normal Glomerulus by LM
2) Glomerular Crescents
3) Double Contours of GBM
4) Endocapillary
Biopsy - Diagnosis Algorithms ... renal #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #nephrology #pathology
Hyperkalemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

#Hyperkalemia #Differential #Algorithm #Diagnosis #Nephrology
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... #Differential #Algorithm ... #Diagnosis #Nephrology