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Acute Kidney Injury - Differential Diagnosis Framework
PRERENAL:
 - Intrarenal vasoconstriction-hemodynamically mediated
 - Systemic vasodilation
 - Volume
Acute Kidney Injury ... - Differential Diagnosis ... , percutaneous drainage ... appropriate) #Acute ... #Kidney #Injury
Causes of acute kidney injury (AKI). AKI is classified into pre-renal, renal, and post-renal causes. Renal
Causes of acute ... kidney injury (AKI ... the different anatomic ... #Diagnosis #AKI ... #Acute #Kidney #
Acute Pancreatitis - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Presentation: 
 • Epigastric abdominal pain (90%, characteristically
Acute Pancreatitis ... - Diagnosis and ... PUD (posterior), Anatomic ... cefepime+flagyl) ± drainage ... #Acute #Diagnosis
Clinical manifestations of acute liver failure 

Brain: 
Hepatic encephalopathy,  
Cerebral edema,  
Intracranial hypertension,
manifestations of acute ... Seizures Kidney ... Pancreas: pancreatitis ... Lungs: Acute ... Signs #Symptoms #Diagnosis
Causes of Hypocalcemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Extravascular: Pancreatitis, surgery, acute phosphate intake and renal
- Differential Diagnosis ... Extravascular: Pancreatitis ... , surgery, acute ... Pseudohypoparathyroidism, Chronic Kidney ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Back Pain - Differential Diagnosis
Primary Back Pathology:
 • Musculoligamentous injury (a.k.a. lumbosacral strain)
 • Spondylosis (i.e.
- Differential Diagnosis ... herniation • Anatomic ... • Pancreas: Pancreatitis ... collection • Kidney ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Causes of High-anion Gap and Non-anion Gap Metabolic Acidosis
Causes of High-anion Gap Acidosis:
 • Lactic acidosis
Renal failure (acute ... or small-bowel drainage ... Chronic progressive kidney ... #differential #diagnosis
Symptoms and signs of Leptospirosis
Acute phase:
 - Fever and headache
 - Conjunctival suffusion, jaundice, and photophobia
Leptospirosis Acute ... and vomiting - Pancreatitis ... Stomach bleeding - Kidney ... Symptoms #signs #diagnosis ... phases #immune #acute
Causes of a low fecal elastase
Abnormal pancreatic imaging:
Chronic pancreatitis, Pancreatic tumours including cystic disease, Pancreatic resection,
imaging: Chronic pancreatitis ... Pancreatic atrophy, Acute ... pancreatitis, Congenital ... absence of left kidney ... #differential #diagnosis
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
Classification: • Acute ... Differential Diagnosis ... and large bowel, pancreatitis ... C4) • ds-DNA: Kidney ... induced SLE • Kidney