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Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Acute Kidney Injury ... Differential Diagnosis ... signs • Glomerulonephritis ... imaging #Acute #Kidney ... #Diagnosis #nephrology
The Neurological Evaluation of a Comatose Patient

Definition:
 • Coma: a state of unresponsiveness; the absence of
consciousness Differential ... for asymmetry and ... all four limbs and ... • Examine for signs ... #PhysicalExam #neurology
Hypochloremia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Cause - Decreased Intake:
 • Low salt in diet
 • Exclusive D5W
Hypochloremia - Differential ... - Gitelman SIGNS ... unloading • Kidney ... Hypochloremia #Differential ... Pathophysiology #Nephrology
Causes of Cystic Renal Mass - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Benign - Anechoic on ultrasound, Well-demarcated on ultrasound/CT,
Cystic Renal Mass - Differential ... Carcinoma - No signs ... Abscess - Fever and ... Cystic #RenalMass #Nephrology ... #Differential #
Hoover's Sign for Functional Lower Extremity Paralysis

Used to distinguish organic from functional leg hemiparesis.

Ask the patient
Hoover's Sign for ... to flex their weak ... #Hoovers #Sign # ... #physicalexam #neurology ... #psychiatry
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
LMN signs in the ... Increased Jaw Jerk reflex ... EMG: LMN Signs in ... conditions listed in differential ... Lateral #Sclerosis #neurology
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
Cord Disorders - Differential ... signs below the ... dysfunction • Abnormal reflexes ... disorders #diagnosis #neurology ... #differential
Metabolic Causes of Kidney Stones in Children
 • Calcium Oxalate: Primary Hyperoxaluria type 1-3, Secondary Hyperoxaluria
Metabolic Causes of Kidney ... Dent's disease, AD ... Metabolic #Causes #Kidney ... #Stones #pediatrics ... #nephrology #differential
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
10 to 19 years and ... Spasticity - Reflexes ... • Bilateral signs ... diagnosis #management #neurology ... #differential
Evaluation of Recurrent Falls

Core Concept:
Maintaining an upright posture requires the integrated function of multiple systems.
Disruption in
positive Romberg sign ... slippery surfaces • Psychiatric ... Falls #Diagnosis #Differential ... #Evaluation #Geriatrics ... #Neurology