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Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Pre-Renal:
 • Hypovolemia, Cardiorenal, Distributive Shock, HRS, Hypercalcemia, Renal
Injury (AKI) - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... Artery Stenosis, Abdominal ... Bladder (Medication, DM ... #causes #algorithm
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... • Most common cause ... pneumonia • DM ... Differential Diagnosis ... #pulmonary #differential
Acute and Chronic Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis
Pulmonary/Chest Wall:
 • Acute: Trauma, COPD exacerbation, Asthma
Acute and Chronic Causes ... of Dyspnea - Differential ... Diagnosis Pulmonary ... acidosis (eg, DM ... Diagnosis
Leg Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Bone/Joint Causes of Leg Pain:
 • Fracture
 • Arthritis
 • Gout/pseudogout
Leg Pain - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... • Neuropathy (DM ... #Leg #pain #differential ... #diagnosis #lower
Acromegaly - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook 

Clinical Presentation: 
 • Classic Acromegaly: frontal
Insulin resist + DM ... peripheral (bronchial/abdominal ... Differential Diagnosis ... Pegvisomant) ± D2 ... or refractory cases
Pyogenic liver abscess in children
Common bacterial causes in children:
 • S.aureus
 • Strep spp
 • Enteric
Common bacterial causes ... from contiguous focus ... sources within abdominal ... children #peds #differential ... #diagnosis #hepatology
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
Lactic Acidosis - Differential ... Diagnosis The ... / hypoxemia -> focus ... assessment - assess ... #Diagnosis #causes
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
Assess functional ... Insulin dependent DM ... Intraabdominal - Orthopedic ... undergoing AAA or upper abdominal ... stratification #diagnosis