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Pancreatitis Complications - Necrotizing Pancreatitis and Fluid Collections
Interstitial Edematous (85%):
 • Acute Pancreatic Fluid Collection (APFC)
Edematous (85%): • Acute ... Pancreatitis (15%): • Acute ... necrotic collection ... • Walled-off necrosis ... pancreatic duct syndrome
Acute Kidney Injury - Classification
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration
 • Heart failure (a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome)
 • Liver failure
Acute Kidney Injury ... a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome ... a.k.a. hepatorenal syndrome ... disease - Acute ... tubular necrosis
Common causes of Acute Kidney Injury AKI - Differential Diagnosis
HEMODYNAMIC
 • Cardiac failure: Impaired forward flow,
Common causes of Acute ... inhibitors, hepatorenal syndrome ... Tubular Injury/Necrosis ... Drugs • Toxins Acute ... #AKI #causes #Acute
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Acute increase
Causes of Acute ... Diagnosis Algorithm Acute ... Injury (AKI) - Acute ... • Hepatorenal syndromes ... Tubular Necrosis
Urinary Casts and Disease Associations
Hyaline - May be nonspecific; seen in normal individuals or during severe
casts are seen in acute ... tubular necrosis ... tuberculosis Fatty - Nephrotic ... syndrome ("Maltese
Liver Disease in Pregnancy
Intrahepatic Cholestasis of Pregnancy (ICP)
 • Onset/Trimester: 25-32 weeks
 • Typical clinical features:
cholestasis, no necrosis ... HELLP Syndrome ... unless massive necrosis ... Patchy/extensive necrosis ... and hemorrhage Acute
Complications of Acute Pancreatitis
Systemic
 - Systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS)
 - Hypoxia
 - Hyperglycaemia
 - Hypocalcaemia
Complications of Acute ... inflammatory response syndrome ... Pancreatic - Necrosis
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
potentially be an acute ... • Budd-Chiari syndrome ... Irritable bowel syndrome ... aneurysms • Acute ... Still's disease • Necrotic
Orthopedic Emergencies
Compartment Syndrome
 • An increase in compartment pressure to the point where tissue perfusion is
Emergencies Compartment Syndrome ... Syndrome usually ... days after an acute ... with secondary necrosis ... continued until tissue necrosis
Fever Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Continuous Fever:
Temp > 38°C with only 1 degree fluctuation in 24
pneumonia • Acute ... infections • Acute ... • Hyper-IgD syndrome ... • Tumor necrosis ... abscess • Sub-acute