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Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Acute or chronic ... Compensation, Acute ... Hyperventilation (Anxiety, pain ... sedation, narcotics, CVA ... #Summary #Nephrology
Checklist for Evaluation of New-Onset Delirium in the ICU

Initial assessment 
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Vital signs, neuro exam
Checklist for Evaluation ... differential - ABG ... as appropriate ... Trauma - Acute ... CriticalCare #Diagnosis
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Pain Causes - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... evaluations that ... potentially be an acute ... aneurysms • Acute
Simplified Approach to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
1) IS THIS AN EMERGENCY? 
Is there a dialysis indication
Simplified Approach to Acute ... require urgent nephrology ... evaluation? ... KidneyInjury #simplified #workup ... #diagnosis #nephrology
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Acute Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Are the following present?
   1.
Algorithm for the Evaluation ... of Acute Diarrhea ... Ova and parasite ... management #algorithm #workup ... #diagnosis
Acute Pancreatitis - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Presentation: 
 • Epigastric abdominal pain (90%, characteristically
Acute Pancreatitis ... • Epigastric abdominal ... Imaging findings Workup ... Imaging: US (biliary evaluation ... Tx: ABx (pip-tazo
Modified dengue severity classification, PAHO/WHO
Dengue without warning signs - DNWS:
 • Person who lives or has
retro-orbital pain ... transmission, with acute ... Intense abdominal ... bleeding: based on evaluation ... classification #diagnosis
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
ALL can present as ... Philadelphia - BCR-ABL ... -> AML: Blast crises ... , weight loss, abdominal ... Hematology #Oncology #Diagnosis
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

S/Sx: Most pts asymptomatic. Weakness, cramping, nausea, paresthesias, palpitations,
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis ... reabsorption) Workup ... (Assess GFR), ±VBG ... only if no clear cause ... Treatment #potassium #nephrology
Peripelvic Cyst on Renal POCUS
60s f admitted with acute pyelonephritis, CT scan reveals no hydronephrosis/stone/abscess, continues
worsen despite abx ... colicky left flank pain ... 84, HR 80s +L CVA ... LFTs normal Diagnosed ... colicky flank pain