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Causes of Chronic Kidney Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Decreased kidney function (eGFR < 60 ml/min/1.73 m2)
Causes of Chronic ... Kidney Disease - Differential ... nephropathy • Benign ... Family history, ultrasound ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Etiologies of Hypoaldosteronism

Hyporeninemic Hypoaldosteronism (Low Renin, Low Aldosterone)
 - Diabetic Nephropathy 
 - NSAIDs
Non-Hyporeninemic Hypoaldosteronism (Normal
Normal or High Renin ... Inhibitors - Chronic ... insufficiency - Critical ... Hypoaldosteronism #Differential ... Comparison #Table #Causes
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis and Screening Testing
Common causes: 
 • Renal parenchymal disease
Hypertension - Differential ... disease - Renal ultrasound ... Duplex Doppler ultrasound ... Plasma aldosterone/renin ... #Hypertension #Differential
Creatine Kinase - Causes of Elevated CK Levels
Acute CK Elevation (Pain > Weakness):
 • RHABDOMYOLYSIS
Creatine Kinase - Causes ... Illness: viral (COVID19 ... immobility • Critical ... Causes (Weakness ... #Elevated #CK #differential
Portal venous gas on hepatic ultrasound: A concerning finding in the critically ill patient that should
gas on hepatic ultrasound ... reflection on the differential ... variety of other causes ... can occur with benign ... #liver #pocus #clinical
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
just simply a clinical ... importantly, bedside ultrasound ... Adequate perfusion ... the determined cause ... #diagnosis #differential
Cortical Desmoid - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Circumscribed, small cortically based Tl -hypointense and T 2-hyperintense
Case description ... avulsive injury on a chronic ... Differential diagnosis ... Cortically based benign ... #mri #clinical
Waterborne Infections - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Infections that can be acquired from fresh water, brackish water, sea
Waterborne Infections - Differential ... Naegleria fowleri • Chronic ... is biphasic • Clinical ... , conjunctival suffusion ... - And, in rare cases
Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) Diagnosis and Management Summary

WHAT?
 • Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is a common systemic inflammatory
disease of unknown cause ... CLINICAL: • Physical ... normal and can help differentiate ... universally used, ultrasound ... treatment for PMR is a chronic