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Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Acute Kidney Injury ... - AKI Workup Algorithm ... osmolarity If cause ... investigations abnormal ... clinical context and signs
Pediatric Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Stridor:
 • Croup
 • Foreign Body
 • Tracheitis
 • Epiglottitis
 •
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Foreign Body Decreased ... Pneumothorax Normal ... Body • Heart Disease ... #Causes #Peds #
Overall Approach to Anemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Blood Loss
 • Acute Bleed - Normocytic / Normochromic
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Blood Loss • Acute ... RBC Production - Normal ... Anemia of Chronic Disease ... #Causes #Hematology
Causes of Hypotonic Infant (Floppy Newborn) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Central Nervous System - Decreased LOC, Axial
Causes of Hypotonic ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Nervous System - Decreased ... • Metabolic Diseases ... #Causes #Peds #
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Chronic Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Exclude:
1. Causes of acute diarrhea
2. Lactose intolerance
3.
Algorithm for the ... Causes of acute ... Systemic disease ... Diarrhea #management #algorithm ... #workup #diagnosis
Central Retinal Artery Occlusion: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Inflammatory Disease: (i.e. GCA, SLE, GPA) ->
• Inflammatory Disease ... congenital defects) -> Abnormal ... trucking" • Acute ... retinal edema caused ... ophthalmology #diagnosis #signs
Anemia of Hospitalization - Pathophysiology

Why does the Hgb/Hct drop in the first two days during hospitalization?

Interestingly,
phlebotomy/ blood work ... prolonged rest can cause ... pseudoanemia is a normal ... blood loss or acute ... Anemia of renal disease
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
• Symptoms and signs ... Cauda equina- decreased ... Non-compressive Spinal Cord Causes ... Sarcoidosis, Behcet disease ... differential #algorithm
Elevated Globulin - Protein Gap (Total Protein - Albumin > 4)

Work-up of an Elevated Globulin Gap:
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Albumin > 4) Work-up ... Viral infections (acute ... inflammation (acute ... an increase in ... chain assay • An abnormal