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Reflex Testing - Causes of Hyporeflexia and Hyperreflexia
Focal Hyporeflexia: 
 • Radiculopathy, Mononeuropathy, Polyneuropathy, Acute stroke,
of Hyporeflexia and ... Acute spinal cord injury ... Testing #Causes #differential ... #diagnosis #table ... #neurology
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Acute Kidney Injury ... - AKI Workup Algorithm ... and Differential ... #Injury #AKI #Workup ... #Diagnosis #nephrology
Definitions of AKI, CKD, AKD
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI):
 • Increase in SCr by 2 50% within
Acute Kidney Injury ... Increase in SCr by 2 ... 0.3 mg/dl (2 26.5 ... per 1.73 m2 • Stable ... #Definitions #nephrology
Hypernatremia Differential Diagnosis Algorithm - Diabetes Insipidus Workup

Step #1 - Consider the history
Step #2 - Assess
Hypernatremia Differential ... Diabetes Insipidus Workup ... history Step #2 ... Eric Strong @DrEricStrong ... Algorithm #Sodium #nephrology
Gerstmann Syndrome
1) Finger agnosia - Inability to name their own fingers, affecting both sides
2) Right-left confusion
affecting both sides 2) ... - Inability to differentiate ... copy Causes: Stroke ... Traumatic Brain Injury ... Gerstmann #Syndrome #neurology
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management Summary

Causes of Rhabdomyolysis:
 • Trauma:
	- Immobilization
	- Crush injury
	- Compartment
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential ... , Heat stroke ... nephrotoxicity to kidney ... per day until stable ... causes #treatment #nephrology
Inherited Defects in Kidney Tubule Epithelial Cells

Renal glucosuria - Na+-dependent glucose cotransporter
Cystinuria - Amino acid transporter
Bartter
Inherited Defects in Kidney ... Increased open time and ... #Nephrology #Diagnosis ... #Differential # ... Table
Simplified Approach to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
1) IS THIS AN EMERGENCY? 
Is there a dialysis indication
Approach to Acute Kidney ... Injury (AKI) 1 ... require urgent nephrology ... 2) HISTORY/PHYSICAL ... #diagnosis #nephrology
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
Hypertension - Workup ... and Differential ... with previously stable ... disturbance, or acute kidney ... injury). 6.
Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Approach To Weakness:
 • Non-neuromuscular disorder (Cardiac, pulmonary etc)
 • CNS ->
Weakness - Differential ... Impairment: • Acute stroke ... leukodystrophies 2. ... dystrophies Work ... #Diagnosis #neurology