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Medical Category: Renal and Genitourinary

The PROTECTION Trial – A Randomized Trial of Intravenous Amino Acids for Kidney Protection

Background Information: Acute kidney injury (AKI) is one of the most frequent complications of cardiac surgery and the cause is complex. Renal hypoperfusion from decreased glomerular filtration rate after cardiopulmonary bypass is a major contributor.1 This in combination with exogenous ...

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CardiovascularRenal and GenitourinaryResuscitation

Rosh Review MyEMCert Question

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Renal and GenitourinaryTrauma

Clinical Conundrums: Do We Need to Order a CT for Every Patient with Renal Colic?

Bottom Line Up Top: In selective patients presenting with flank pain, we can diagnose renal colic without a CT scan. There is also a subset of patients that would benefit from IV contrast enhanced CT scanning. Clinical Scenario: A 35-year-old ...

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Renal and Genitourinary

Rosh Review EM Scholar Monthly Question

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Abdominal and GastroinstestinalRenal and Genitourinary

REBEL Core Cast 101.0 – Imaging in Renal Colic

Take Home Points Many patients with renal colic require a CT scan. Diagnostic imaging should focus on eliminating concerning mimics; not on clinching the diagnosis of renal colic. POCUS and radiology department US are important modalities in evaluation of renal ...

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Renal and Genitourinary

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