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Causes of Dizziness / Lightheadedness - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Lightheaded, unsteady, disoriented - Non-vertigo
Organic Disease
 • Presyncope/Vasodepressor
Non-vertigo Organic Disease ... • Anemia • Peripheral ... Drugs Psychiatric Disease ... Somatization #Dizzy ... Lightheadedness #Neurology
Dizziness - Differential Diagnosis Framework
"Tell me what you mean by dizzy without using the word dizzy."
Vertigo:
Vertigo: • Peripheral ... Neuritis, Meniere's Disease ... Cardiac: Valvular Disease ... Dysfunction: Parkinson's disease ... #neurology
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
edema, Disease-specific ... vasculitis, Behcet disease ... Goodpasture's Disease ... dysmorphic RBCs) • Disease-specific ... #nephrology
Causes of Dizziness - Vertigo - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
True Vertigo - Illusion of Rotary Movement
Peripheral Vestibular
- Differential Diagnosis ... Rotary Movement Peripheral ... • Meniere's Disease ... Hemorrhage #Dizzy ... Dizziness #Vertigo #Neurology
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis and Screening Testing
Common causes: 
 • Renal parenchymal disease
parenchymal disease ... disease • Renovascular ... disease - Renal ... Causes #Screening #Workup ... #table
Workup for Hyperphosphatemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Rule out spurious hyperphosphatemia: paraproteinemia, hyperlipidemia, hemolysis, hyperbilirubinemia, liposomal amphotericin
Workup for Hyperphosphatemia ... - Differential Diagnosis ... acidosis, DKA Kidney Disease ... CKD Increased Renal ... #phosphate #nephrology
Metabolic and Respiratory Acidosis and Alkalosis - Diagnostic Algorithm

Anion gap - MUDPILES: 
 - Methanol (formic
and Alkalosis - Diagnostic ... Hyperalimentation - Addison disease ... - Renal tubular ... GrepMed Recommended Text ... : Nephrology Secrets
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury ( AKI ) - Prerenal, Renal, and Postrenal

PRE-RENAL 
Impaired perfusion: 
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) - Prerenal, Renal ... • Inflammatory disease ... /phimosis #Diagnosis ... #Differential #Nephrology ... GrepMed Recommended Text
Suggested diagnostic algorithm where clinical suspicion for renal artery stenosis exists
Suspicion of fibromuscular disease - Suspicion
Suggested diagnostic ... fibromuscular disease ... atherosclerotic renovascular disease ... stenosis #algorithm #workup ... #nephrology #diagnosis
Diagnostic Algorithm for Dizziness and Vertigo
Peripheral Vertigo:
 • Attacks: Sudden, severe, can last anywhere from seconds
Diagnostic Algorithm ... Dizziness and Vertigo Peripheral ... Méniére's disease ... #differential #diagnosis ... #neurology