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Acute Kidney Injury - Differential Diagnosis Framework
PRERENAL:
 - Intrarenal vasoconstriction-hemodynamically mediated
 - Systemic vasodilation
 - Volume
Acute Kidney Injury ... Glomerular (red blood ... eosinophils/white blood ... treating underlying cause ... appropriate) #Acute
Causes of HyperKalemia - Differential Diagnosis
Increased extracellular K+:
 • Tissue injury
 • Hemolysis
 • Rhabdomyolysis
 •
Causes of HyperKalemia ... - Differential Diagnosis ... glycosides • High acute ... dietary intake • Blood ... #Causes
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Acute Kidney Injury ... and Differential Diagnosis ... Investigations: full blood ... osmolarity If cause ... imaging #Acute
Cardiac Tamponade - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Caused by an accumulation of blood, pus, effusion fluid
Cardiac Tamponade ... accumulation of blood ... Plan definitive management ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury ( AKI ) - Prerenal, Renal, and Postrenal

PRE-RENAL 
Impaired perfusion: 
•
Causes of Acute ... perfusion: • Cardiac ... • Sepsis • Blood ... /phimosis #Diagnosis ... #Acute #Kidney
Intraoperative Sepsis - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Severe sepsis (hypotension persisting after initial fluid challenge of
likely underlying cause ... Consider monitoring cardiac ... Discuss ongoing management ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management
Dilated Abdominal Veins and Caput Medusae - Direction of Blood Flow

Vein Milking technique can be used
determine the cause ... & upper thorax distend ... abdominal veins also distend ... #Flow #physicalexam ... #diagnosis #hepatology
Hypotension - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Hypotension is commonly due to unnecessarily deep anaesthesia, the autonomic
perfusion, recheck blood ... consider: o Cardiac ... Sepsis → 3-14 o Cardiac ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management
Approach to the Hypotensive Patient - Differential Diagnosis Framework for Hypotension

Blood Pressure = Heart Rate x
- Differential Diagnosis ... Hypotension Blood ... Bradycardia (inadequate cardiac ... muscle rupture • Acute ... #causes #Hypotensive
Diffuse consolidation
The most common cause of diffuse consolidation is pulmonary edema due to heart failure.
This is
The most common cause ... from the various causes ... redistribution of pulmonary blood ... patients, who have an acute ... #Diagnosis #Radiology