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BEE Syndromes - Immune-mediated conditions affecting the brain, eye, and ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in conjunction
and less common diseases ... Inflammatory causes ... • Acute disseminated ... #neurology #inflammatory ... #differential #
Causes of Encephalopathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hyperacute:
 - Primary Neurologic: Vascular (IS, ICH), Seizure, Migraine, Trauma
Causes of Encephalopathy ... - Differential ... encephalopathy Acute ... paraneoplastic syndromes ... neurocognitive disease
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Acute Kidney Injury ... osmolarity If cause ... clinical context and signs ... • Cardio-renal syndrome ... #causes
Common causes of Acute Kidney Injury AKI - Differential Diagnosis
HEMODYNAMIC
 • Cardiac failure: Impaired forward flow,
Common causes of ... AKI - Differential ... inhibitors, hepatorenal syndrome ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #nephrology
Portal Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis
Portal Pressure = the pressure difference between the pressure in the portal
Hypertension - Differential ... and hepatorenal syndrome ... • Budd Chiari syndrome ... • Cirrhosis/acute ... Veno-occlusive disease
Hematuria - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Gross Hematuria: Red/Dark urine
 • 1ml blood/liter urine can induce color change
Hematuria - Differential ... basement membrane disease ... hematuria • Signs ... of glomerular disease ... #urology #nephrology
Etiologies of Peripheral Neuropathy
 • Metabolic / Nutritional: DiabetesB12 deficiency, Uremia/ESRD, Hypothyroidism
 • Medication-induced: ART, Antibiotics,
Paraprotein-associated (POEMS syndrome ... , Acute intermittent ... Peripheral #Neuropathy #differential ... #diagnosis #causes ... #neurology
Preterm Infant Complications - Differential Diagnosis
Respiratory:
 • Transient Tachypnea of the Newborn (TTN)
 • Respiratory Distress
Respiratory Distress Syndrome ... • Chronic Lung Disease ... Enterocolitis (NEC) Neurologic ... Impairments (NDI) Ophthalmology ... #Diagnosis #Causes
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
hypertension and signs ... renal bruit or signs ... Renal parenchymal disease ... Neurologic disorders ... #Differential #
Urinary Casts and Disease Associations
Hyaline - May be nonspecific; seen in normal individuals or during severe
Disease Associations ... are seen in acute ... Advanced kidney disease ... Fatty - Nephrotic syndrome ... #Differential #