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Want to remember what drugs prolong the QT interval? Remember COLLAPSE - Kitty Canavan @KathrynCanavan1
#Diagnosis #Peds
remember what drugs prolong ... #Prolongation #Prolonged
Causes of Prolonged PT (INR), Prolonged PTT
 • Prolonged PT (INR), Prolonged PTT
 • Prolonged PT
Causes of Prolonged ... PT (INR), Prolonged ... PTT • Prolonged ... PT (INR), Prolonged ... PTT • Prolonged
Causes of Abnormal PT and/or aPTT
Prolonged Prothrombin Time (PT)
1. Acquired deficiency of FVII
PT and/or aPTT Prolonged ... edoxaban (typically prolong ... anticoagulants may prolong ... but typically prolong ... FVIII antibody Prolonged
Algorithm for Investigation of Abnormal Coagulation Tests
- Prolonged PT
- Prolonged aPTT and Prolonged PT
- Prolonged aPTT

Dr.
Coagulation Tests - Prolonged ... PT - Prolonged ... aPTT and Prolonged ... PT - Prolonged
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury ( AKI ) - Prerenal, Renal, and Postrenal

PRE-RENAL 
Impaired perfusion: 
•
Causes of Acute ... Small-vessel vasculitis Acute ... • Toxins • Prolonged ... #Diagnosis #Acute
Acute Kidney Injury - Classification
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration
 • Heart failure (a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome)
 • Liver failure
Acute Kidney Injury ... disease - Acute ... contrast, rhabdo, prolonged ... prerenal AKI) - Acute ... EricsMedicalLectures/ #AKI #Acute
Common causes of Acute Kidney Injury AKI - Differential Diagnosis
HEMODYNAMIC
 • Cardiac failure: Impaired forward flow,
Common causes of Acute ... Post-infectious GN, Lupus Acute ... Necrosis (ATN) • Prolonged ... Drugs • Toxins Acute ... #AKI #causes #Acute
Acute Rheumatic Fever: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

Delayed autoimmune reaction
-> Molecular mimicry
-> GAS antigen cross-reacts with host
->
Acute Rheumatic ... valvular injury -> Prolonged ... , Carditis #Acute
How to Evaluate an Abnormal APTT
Step 1: Is the PT or APTT Artifactually Prolonged?
Step 2: Is
Artifactually Prolonged ... identify the cause of Prolonged ... Abnormal #APTT #prolonged
POCUS Findings in Acute Pulmonary Embolism
- McConnell's Sign
- TAPSE
- D-Shaped Septum
- Abnormal RV:LV Ratio

#Pulmonary #Embolism #AcutePE
POCUS Findings in ... Acute Pulmonary ... AcutePE #Accuracy #POCUS