Description

Master Diagnostician Series: AcuteKidneyInjury - Free

An expansive diagnostic and educational tool for managingacutekidney injury (acute renal failure).

"Medicine is a science of uncertainty and an artofprobability."
Sir William Osler M.D.

Although acute kidney injury (AKI) is one of the mostcommonlyencountered medical problems found in patients, it remainsone ofthe most difficult to discern.

Our second release of the Master Diagnostician Series,“AcuteKidney Injury,” is a complex and comprehensive educationaltool fordifferentiating the many causes of AKI. It is aconvenient,point-of-care reference that includes an algorithm tohelp rapidlydiscriminate between many diseases and conditions, seenthrough theeyes of a nephrologist. Perfect for any practicingmedical student,resident, NP, PA, or attending who wishes toimprove their clinicalacumen in this challenging area.

Benefits:
-Allows the user to approach AKI, one of the most commonhospitaldiagnoses, through the point-of-view of anephrologist
-Efficient interface improves learning at the bedside and savestimeon rounds
-Effectively start the AKI workup prior to ordering anephrologyconsult

Features:
- Algorithm delineating over 40 causes of AKI
- Index, both alphabetical and by area of damage
- Fractional Excretion of Sodium (FENa) Calculator
- Descriptions urine microscopy
 corresponding to themanydiagnoses
- Examples of typical patients encountered