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Acute and Chronic Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis
Pulmonary/Chest Wall:
 • Acute: Trauma, COPD exacerbation, Asthma
Causes of Dyspnea - Differential ... : ACS, Acute decompensated ... Neuromuscular disease ... Chronic: Metabolic acidosis ... Chronic #Causes #Differential
Approach to Acid Base Disorders - Evaluation and Differential Diagnosis
1) Start with the Anion Gap (AG).
2)
Evaluation and Differential ... the chronicity (acute ... , chronic, or acute ... Obstructive Lung Disease ... Neuromuscular Disease
Non-ACS Myocardial Injury - Elevated Troponin Differential Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm

 • Chronic Myocardial Injury: End
Non-ACS Myocardial ... Elevated Troponin Differential ... End Stage Renal Disease ... Structural Heart Disease ... Metabolic (ie acidosis
Workup for Hyperphosphatemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Rule out spurious hyperphosphatemia: paraproteinemia, hyperlipidemia, hemolysis, hyperbilirubinemia, liposomal amphotericin
Hyperphosphatemia - Differential ... t-PA, heparin Acute ... Shift: • Lactic acidosis ... , DKA Kidney Disease ... Workup #phosphate #nephrology
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Acute or chronic ... Differentials? ... Compensation, Acute ... restrictive lung disease ... Diagnosis #Summary #Nephrology
BEE Syndromes - Immune-mediated conditions affecting the brain, eye, and ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in conjunction
and less common diseases ... diagnosis and treatment ... Cogan syndrome • Acute ... BEE #Syndromes #neurology ... #inflammatory #differential
Glomerular Diseases - Spectrum
 - Insidious vs Acute
 - Nephritic (hypertension, hematuria, renal failure) vs Nephrotic
Glomerular Diseases ... - Insidious vs Acute ... #Glomerular #Diseases ... #Spectrum #differential ... #diagnosis #nephrology
Causes of High-anion Gap and Non-anion Gap Metabolic Acidosis
Causes of High-anion Gap Acidosis:
 • Lactic acidosis
Gap Metabolic Acidosis ... Renal failure (acute ... progressive kidney disease ... #differential # ... diagnosis #causes #nephrology
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

PRE-Renal AKI:
 • Hypovolemia
 • Congestion
 • Medications
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Acute Kidney Injury ... (AKI) - Differential ... Immune-complex disease ... Bilateral ureteral disease ... #Diagnosis #nephrology
Causes of Encephalopathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hyperacute:
 - Primary Neurologic: Vascular (IS, ICH), Seizure, Migraine, Trauma
Encephalopathy - Differential ... encephalopathy Acute ... Inflammatory (Acute ... neurocognitive disease ... Encephalopathy #Differential