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Causes of Depressed / Lethargic Newborn - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Maternal Related:
 • Drugs (Ex. SSRI)
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Causes of Depressed ... Congenital: • Birth Injury ... Aspiration • Sepsis ... • Anemia • Shock ... #Peds #Pediatrics
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Acute Kidney Injury ... osmolarity If cause ... renal biopsy • Sepsis ... : sepsis screen, ... Acute #Kidney #Injury
Non-ACS Myocardial Injury - Elevated Troponin Differential Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm

 • Chronic Myocardial Injury: End
Elevated Troponin Differential ... Pre-Coronarv): Shock ... Post-Coronarv): Stress (ie Sepsis-induced ... Metabolic (ie acidosis ... Elevated #Troponin #Differential
Acute Kidney Injury - Classification
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration
 • Heart failure (a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome)
 • Liver failure
Acute Kidney Injury ... tubular necrosis (causes ... : sepsis, meds, ... prolonged prerenal AKI ... Acute #Kidney #Injury
Tachypnea - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Definitions
 • Tachypnea: Respiratory rate > 20/min, shallow breathing in adults
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Tachypnea - Differential ... • Metabolic acidosis ... • Hypovolemic shock ... exposures • Lactic acidosis ... Temperature/FEVER • Sepsis
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury ( AKI ) - Prerenal, Renal, and Postrenal

PRE-RENAL 
Impaired perfusion: 
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Causes of Acute ... Kidney Injury ( ... AKI ) - Prerenal ... Cardiac failure • Sepsis ... Postrenal #Failure #Differential
Causes of Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy (SUDI) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Congenital Anomaly / Disorder:
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Causes of Sudden ... Infancy (SUDI) - Differential ... Pneumonia • Sepsis ... Gastrointestinal infection Injury ... #Peds #Pediatrics
Salicylate Toxicity - Diagnosis and Management

Consider if:
1) Patient is hot and altered
2) You see tachypnea with
no respiratory cause ... anion-gap metabolic acidosis ... seems like DKA, sepsis ... Pulmonary edema, Shock ... Anion-Gap Metabolic Acidosis
Shock - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 - MAP <65. SBP <90, drop in SBP > 40
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Shock - Differential ... Distributive: Sepsis ... Medications, Spinal Cord Injury ... #Differential # ... algorithm #treatment #management
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
- Differential ... /hypoxemia/Sepsis ... liver or renal injury ... syndrome - Sepsis ... #Elevation #Differential