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Demyelinating Diseases - Differential Diagnosis
 • Inflammatory: MS, ADEM, NMO, Paraneoplastic, Sjogren's, Polyarteritis nodosa, SLE
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Demyelinating Diseases - Differential ... Inflammatory: MS ... nodosa, SLE • Infectious ... Demyelinating #Diseases #Differential ... Diagnosis #causes #neurology
Common causes of Acute Kidney Injury AKI - Differential Diagnosis
HEMODYNAMIC
 • Cardiac failure: Impaired forward flow,
Kidney Injury AKI - Differential ... Post-infectious ... Interstitial Nephritis (AIN ... • Toxins • Infection ... #Diagnosis #nephrology
Urinary Casts and Disease Associations
Hyaline - May be nonspecific; seen in normal individuals or during severe
disease Red blood ... Urinary tract infections ... edgarvlermamd - Nephrology ... Urinary #Casts #Differential ... Microscopy #Diagnosis #Nephrology
Primary and Secondary Headaches - Red Flags and Differential Diagnosis
Red Flags (SNOOP):
S - Systemic		
N - Neurologic
Red Flags and Differential ... Sensitivity ETOH Infection ... Substance Withdrawal Infection ... Amy Chung, MD, MSc ... secondary #management #neurology
Causes of HyperKalemia - Differential Diagnosis
Increased extracellular K+:
 • Tissue injury
 • Hemolysis
 • Rhabdomyolysis
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HyperKalemia - Differential ... dietary intake • Blood ... transfusion • Error of injection ... blockers - MCW Nephrology ... #HyperKalemia #Differential
Hematuria - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Gross Hematuria: Red/Dark urine
 • 1ml blood/liter urine can induce color change
Hematuria - Differential ... urine • 1ml blood ... deposits - Post-infectious ... Hematuria: • Infection ... #nephrology #renal
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Pre-Renal:
 • Hypovolemia, Cardiorenal, Distributive Shock, HRS, Hypercalcemia, Renal
Injury (AKI) - Differential ... Pigment, Protein) • AIN ... : Medication, Infection ... Kidney #Injury #Differential ... #Diagnosis #nephrology
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury ( AKI ) - Prerenal, Renal, and Postrenal

PRE-RENAL 
Impaired perfusion: 
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• Sepsis • Blood ... Inflammatory disease • Infection ... Postrenal #Failure #Differential ... #Nephrology
Approach to Joint Pain - Diagnostic Framework

1) Chronicity
2) Inflammatory vs Non-Inflammatory
3) Number of Joints Involved

1) Chronicity:
about bacterial infections ... about indolent infections ... with bacterial infection ... prosthetic joint infection ... #Joint #Pain #MSK
Hematuria in Post-Renal Transplant Patient
Prevalence up to 12% in the postrenal transplant patient
 • Bacterial: Escherichia
: Secondary to infections ... Renal #Transplant #differential ... diagnosis #kidney #blood ... management #treatment #nephrology