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Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management Summary

Causes of Rhabdomyolysis:
 • Trauma:
	- Immobilization
	- Crush injury
	- Compartment
Management Summary ... Causes of Rhabdomyolysis ... - Abdominal pain ... disease 2. ... #treatment #nephrology
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Abscess - Diagnosis and ... Management Summary ... • Most common cause ... Pleuritic chest pain ... Lung #Abscess #pulmonary
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Bronchiectasis - Summary ... Chronic inflammation causes ... weight • Chest pain ... Most Common Causes ... mycobacteria Treatment
Hepatic Encephalopathy - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Definition:
 • Alteration in brain function manifested by neuropsychiatric symptoms
Management Summary ... Alteration in brain ... neuropsychiatric symptoms • Caused ... rule out other causes ... over course of disease
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
Management Summary ... hyperphosphatemia, hypercalcemia ... Self-limiting, chronic but stable ... Pulmonary: dyspnea ... acute sarcoidosis Pulmonary
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
Management Summary ... Caused by intrapulmonary ... cirrhosis • Intra-pulmonary ... perfusion scanning or pulmonary ... ) on room air Treatment
Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) - Summary

GERD: Diagnosis
• Heartburn (substernal burning sensation) and acid regurgitation
• Chest pain
Extraesophageal
Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease ... (GERD) - Summary ... regurgitation • Chest pain ... manifestations • Chest pain ... pulmonary symptoms
Neurological Manifestations of Tuberculosis
Spinal Arachnoiditis & Polyradiculopathy:
 • Subacute onset of limb weakness, bladder/bowel dysfunction, muscle
wasting, radicular pain ... lesion Pott's Disease ... dysfunction, back pain ... contrast enhancement Brain ... neurological symptoms • Caused
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
acetaminophen dosing ... Hyperventilation (Anxiety, pain ... Classically” noted with pulmonary ... restrictive lung disease ... #Nephrology #ABG
Borrelia recurrentis on Peripheral Blood Smear
23M Somali refugee recently arrived w/severe abd pain, confusion and fever
pain, confusion ... abd pain. ... The table below ... initiation of treatment ... Infectious Diseases