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Renal Replacement Therapy (RRT) - ICU One Pager Summary
Indications (AIEOU):
 • A: Acidosis (usually severe metabolic)
enable greater clearance ... HD machine • CRRT ... session using a CRRT ... machine CRRT Modes ... managment #nephrology #CRRT
Renal Replacement Therapy (RRT) Modalities

RRT Modalities in the ICU:
 • IHD (Intermittent HD):  3-5 hr
HD machine • CRRT ... session using a CRRT ... machine CRRT ... provides almost no clearance ... High clearance achieved
FOBT Testing in Hospitalized Patients with Upper GI Bleed 
Choosing Wisely': Things We Do For No
FOBT Testing in ... fecal-occult-blood-testing-hospitalized-patients-upper ... #OccultStool #Testing ... TWDFNR #Diagnosis #VisualAbstract
Table 1 includes a comprehensive list of essential live kidney donor medical testing.

#Diagnosis #Nephrology #LivingDonor #Kidney
donor medical testing ... Transplant #Candidate #LRRT ... #LURT #Testing
Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (CRRT) - Overview
Types of CRRT
 • CVVHD - Continuous Veno-Venous hemodialysis -
Replacement Therapy (CRRT ... Overview Types of CRRT ... pericarditis) CRRT ... and/or or toxin clearance ... Replacement #Therapy #CRRT
Procalcitonin Guided Antibiotics in Sepsis

Efficacy and Safety of Procalcitonin Guidance in Patients With Suspected or Confirmed
Crit Care Med. 2018 ... Antibiotics #Sepsis #VisualAbstract
AKIKI Trial - Visual Abstract
Which is the better time for Initiation Strategies for Renal Replacement Therapy
Replacement Therapy (RRT ... indication of RRT ... #AKIKI #Trial #VisualAbstract ... Nephrology #EBM #RRT
COVID-19 - Awake Self-Proning

Physiology of proning:
 - more homogenous ventilation
 - decrease ventral-dorsal transpulmonary pressure difference
compression - increase clearance ... management #treatment #VisualAbstract
Ammonia Levels & Hepatic Encephalopathy in Patients with Chronic Liver Disease 
Choosing Wisely: Things We Do
ammonia-levels-and-hepatic-encephalopathy-patients-known #Ammonia #Testing ... Hepatology #EBM #VisualAbstract
Ohle R et al. Clinical Examination for Acute Aortic Dissection: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. AEM
Dissection #Aorta #Testing ... Specificity #SGEM #VisualAbstract