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Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Acute Kidney Injury ... - AKI Workup Algorithm ... Diagnosis Baseline ... osmolarity If cause ... #causes
Causes of acute heart failure
 - Acute pressure overload (increased afterload, mechanical flow obstruction) 
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Causes of acute ... impairment - Cardiac ... Heart #Failure #Differential ... #Causes #Diagnosis ... #Cardiology
Myocarditis - Diagnosis and Causes
 • Clinical presentation: Pseudo-acute coronary syndrome, Cardiac failure <3 rnonths, Cardiogenic
presentation: Pseudo-acute ... coronary syndrome, Cardiac ... Troponin Increases, Cardiac ... #Diagnosis #Causes ... #cardiology #MRI
Multiple masses
The differential diagnostic list of multiple masses is very long.
The most important diagnoses are listed
The differential ... diagnostic list ... most important diagnoses ... listed in the table ... #Management #Radiology
Mediastinal masses are discussed in more detail in Mediastinal masses.
Here is just a brief overview. #Diagnosis
Mediastinal masses ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... Mediastinal #Mass #Differential ... #Table #Anterior ... #Middle #Posterior
Causes of Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy (SUDI) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Congenital Anomaly / Disorder:
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Causes of Sudden ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Anomaly • Cardiac ... Pneumonia • Sepsis ... Accidental* Other: • Acute
Hypotension / Shock Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hypovolemic:
 • Poor oral intake
 • Hemorrhage
 • Renal loss
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Hypotension / Shock Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Distributive: • Sepsis ... Obstructive: • Cardiac ... #shock #causes
Shock - Differential Diagnosis Framework
MAP = CO x SVR
Hypovolemic (↓ Intravascular volume):
 • Hemorrhage, dehydration due
Shock - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... heart failure, acute ... findings based on cause ... #Diagnosis #table
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury ( AKI ) - Prerenal, Renal, and Postrenal

PRE-RENAL 
Impaired perfusion: 
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Causes of Acute ... perfusion: • Cardiac ... failure • Sepsis ... /phimosis #Diagnosis ... Postrenal #Failure #Differential
Approach to the Hypotensive Patient - Differential Diagnosis Framework for Hypotension

Blood Pressure = Heart Rate x
Hypotensive Patient - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... muscle rupture • Acute ... Afterload: • Sepsis ... #diagnosis #causes