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Shock - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 - MAP <65. SBP <90, drop in SBP > 40
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Insufficiency, Liver ... Severe auto-PEEP, Abdominal ... compartment syndrome ... #criticalcare #algorithm ... #treatment #management
Evaluation of Electrical Injury in the Emergency Department 

Common Injuries by System:

CNS - Seizure, coma, spinal
ED arrival MSK ... compartment syndrome ... Skin - Burns, may ... Evaluation #Diagnosis #Management ... #Emergency #Algorithm
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Acute Kidney Injury ... - AKI Workup Algorithm ... and Differential ... investigations depending on clinical ... renal biopsy • Abdominal
Acute Fatty Liver of Pregnancy (AFLP)
Pathophysiology:
 • Defect in fetal free fatty acid metabolism products →
metabolism accumulate → Fat ... nausea, vomiting, abdominal ... infiltration) Differential ... Maternal Support - Critical ... age • Monitor and
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management Summary

Causes of Rhabdomyolysis:
 • Trauma:
	- Immobilization
	- Crush injury
	- Compartment
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential ... Management Summary ... Dermatomyositis Clinical ... Tachycardia - N/V - Abdominal ... #Diagnosis #Management
Abnormal liver function tests algorithm.
 This figure details the initial response to abnormal liver blood tests.
tests algorithm ... presence of metabolic syndrome ... *Abnormal USS may ... LFTs #Abnormal #Algorithm ... #Enzymes #Differential
Metformin Associated Lactic Acidosis (MALA) 

Pathophysiology of MALA
 - Metformin interferes with the activity of the
cycle found in the liver ... Diagnosis of MALA - Abdominal ... acute kidney injury ... - Clinical presentation ... Toxicology #Diagnosis #Management
Inherited Non-hemolytic Disorders of Hyperbilirubinemia 

== Disorders of Conjugation ==
Gilbert Syndrome:
 • 5-10% of the population
of hemolysis or liver ... injury ... as jaundice on clinical ... symptoms, such as abdominal ... stress may cause
Hyponatremia - Diagnosis and Treatment
Hyponatremia is usually caused by the inability to excrete water normally.
Then, ask 3 questions ... approach to the differential ... demyelination syndrome ... include vaptans (HF/liver ... Diagnosis #Treatment #management
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
to local skin injury ... (Clinical Dx). ... Behcet disease) Differential ... • Nonsurgical abdominal ... #diagnosis #management