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Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Acute Kidney Injury ... osmolarity If cause ... • Cardio-renal syndrome ... imaging #Acute #Kidney ... #causes
Causes of acute kidney injury (AKI). AKI is classified into pre-renal, renal, and post-renal causes. Renal
kidney injury (AKI ... classified into pre-renal ... components of the kidney ... #Injury #Differential ... #Sites #Nephrology
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Pre-Renal:
 • Hypovolemia, Cardiorenal, Distributive Shock, HRS, Hypercalcemia, Renal
Acute Kidney Injury ... Diagnosis Framework Pre-Renal ... Abdominal Compartment Syndrome ... #Diagnosis #nephrology ... #causes #algorithm
Tolosa-Hunt Syndrome
What?
 • Unilateral orbital/retrobulbar pain
 • Paresis of the cranial nerves Ill, IV, VI
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Tolosa-Hunt Syndrome ... fissure or orbit (MRI ... ) Treatment: • ... the symptoms By Dr ... #TolosaHunt #neurology
Causes of Polyuria - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Polyuria - Urine Output > 3L/day, Increased Urine Volume (>2ml/min)
Osmotic
Causes of Polyuria ... - Differential ... Water Deprivation Test ... #Polyuria #Nephrology ... #Differential #
BEE Syndromes - Immune-mediated conditions affecting the brain, eye, and ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in conjunction
BEE Syndromes - ... diagnosis and treatment ... Inflammatory causes ... #neurology #inflammatory ... #differential #
Causes of Tremors - Movement Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Action Tremor - Occurs During Voluntary Muscle
Causes of Tremors ... Tremor - Occurs at Rest ... Thyroid, Liver, Kidney ... MovementDisorders #Neurology ... #Differential #
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury ( AKI ) - Prerenal, Renal, and Postrenal

PRE-RENAL 
Impaired perfusion: 
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Causes of Acute ... Kidney Injury ( ... and Postrenal PRE-RENAL ... Postrenal #Failure #Differential ... #Nephrology
Reflex Testing - Causes of Hyporeflexia and Hyperreflexia
Focal Hyporeflexia: 
 • Radiculopathy, Mononeuropathy, Polyneuropathy, Acute stroke,
Guillain-Barré syndrome ... Hyperthyroidism, Serotonin syndrome ... Late ALS - Dr ... #differential # ... diagnosis #table #neurology
Urinary Casts and Disease Associations
Hyaline - May be nonspecific; seen in normal individuals or during severe
broad - Advanced kidney ... Fatty - Nephrotic syndrome ... edgarvlermamd - Nephrology ... #Differential # ... Microscopy #Diagnosis #Nephrology