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Non-ACS Myocardial Injury - Elevated Troponin Differential Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm

 • Chronic Myocardial Injury: End
Non-ACS Myocardial ... Injury - Elevated ... End Stage Renal Disease ... Structural Heart Disease ... Distribution: Acute
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) in Patients with Cancer 

Cancer Related 
• Hypercalcemia 
• Intravenous contrast 
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Acute Kidney Injury ... LC deposition disease ... Minimal change disease ... malignancies Treatment ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Elevated Lactate Dehydrogenase (LDH) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

LDH is a cytoplasmic enzyme present in tissues throughout
- Differential Diagnosis ... concentrations in: RBCs ... : • Early acute ... hepatitis • Acute ... #differential #diagnosis
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
may precede the neurologic ... Shock, Autoimmune disease ... syndrome, ADEM, Acute ... CSF: Modestly elevated ... An elevated white
Diuretics and Agents Regulating Renal Excretion

Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors (Acetazolamide, Dichlorphenamide)
 • Glaucoma
 • Epilepsy
 • Altitude
(Mannitol) • Elevated ... intraocular pressure • Elevated ... disequilibrium syndrome • Diagnosis ... Torsemide) • Acute ... Tolvaptan) • Treatment
Autoimmune Hepatitis

Clinical Presentation
 - Highly variable clinical presentation, from subclinical disease to acute liver failure.
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from subclinical disease ... to acute liver ... pattern of liver injury ... IgG typically elevated ... regarding need for treatment
Bell's Palsy - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook

Acute Idiopathic Unilateral Facial Nerve (CN7) Palsy
Presentation:
GrepMed Handbook Acute ... cause) • EMG/NCS ... prevent corneal injury ... #Management #Treatment ... #Neurology
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
presentations and disease ... liver or renal injury ... before beginning treatment ... cardiac output - Acute ... peritonitis - Acute
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
Presentation: Injury ... CSF pleocytosis, elevated ... infectious myelitis - Elevated ... Transverse Myelitis Treatment ... #management #neurology
Fusarium Infections
Acquired through:
1. Inhalation of airborne conidia > germinates > blood > disseminated
2. Trauma (implantation with
BCx+ in -40% of ... : • Optimal treatment ... on the type of injury ... Fusarium #Infections #infectiousdiseases ... #diagnosis #management