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Simplified Approach to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
1) IS THIS AN EMERGENCY? 
Is there a dialysis indication
Simplified Approach to Acute ... isotonic fluids (NS ... you confirmed diagnosis ... CONSIDER INTRINSIC CAUSES ... , RBCs, casts, crystals
Extrapulmonary manifestations of COVID-19
 ā€¢ Neurologic: Headaches, Dizziness, Encephalopathy, Guillain-BarrĆ©, Ageusia, Myalgia, Anosmia, Stroke
 ā€¢ Renal:
of COVID-19 ā€¢ Neurologic ... Headaches, Dizziness, Encephalopathy ... Stroke ā€¢ Renal: Acute ... cor pulmonale ... Extrapulmonary #Diagnosis
Acute and Chronic Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis
Pulmonary/Chest Wall:
 ā€¢ Acute: Trauma, COPD exacerbation, Asthma
Causes of Dyspnea ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Pulmonary/Chest ... : ACS, Acute decompensated ... hernia, Obesity CNS
CNS Manifestations of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)

Clinical Manifestations: Demyelinating Syndrome, Headache, Movement disorders, Seizure disorders, Aseptic
CNS Manifestations ... Meningitis, Myelopathy, Encephalopathy ... autoantibodies that will cause ... permeability Diagnosis ... #neurology #rheumatology
Bell's Palsy - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook

Acute Idiopathic Unilateral Facial Nerve (CN7) Palsy
Presentation:
GrepMed Handbook Acute ... sarcoid or other CNS ... inflammatory cause ... ) ā€¢ EMG/NCS (rare ... #Neurology
Hepatic Encephalopathy - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Definition:
 ā€¢ Alteration in brain function manifested by neuropsychiatric symptoms
Hepatic Encephalopathy ... neuropsychiatric symptoms ā€¢ Caused ... of neurologic/cognitive ... metabolized to lactic acid ... branched chain amino acids
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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- Differential Diagnosis ... Antimicrobial treatment ... Demyelinating disease caused ... rapidly progressive encephalopathy ... ā€¢ VZV ā€¢ HIV encephalopathy
BEE Syndromes - Immune-mediated conditions affecting the brain, eye, and ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in conjunction
nervous system (CNS ... and treatment can ... Inflammatory causes ... Cogan syndrome ā€¢ Acute ... BEE #Syndromes #neurology
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Acid Base Disorders ... Acute or chronic ... Compensation, Acute ... Classicallyā€¯ noted with pulmonary ... acidosis: - CNS
13 Dangerous Causes of Headache:
 - subarachnoid hemorrhage: family history, PCKD, known berry aneurysm, sudden and
13 Dangerous Causes ... or at work) - acute ... thrombophilia, neurologic ... - hypertensive encephalopathy ... postpartum #Diagnosis