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Acute Kidney Injury - Classification
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration
 • Heart failure (a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome)
 • Liver failure
a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome ... - Post-infectious ... causes: sepsis, meds ... Urinary tract infection ... Classification #diagnosis
3 Stages of Lyme Disease 
Early Lyme Disease 
 - Erythema migrans 
 - Constitutional symptoms
Stages of Lyme Disease ... Gastrointestinal symptoms Acute ... Disseminated Infection ... #Stages #InfectiousDiseases ... #Diagnosis
Causes of Acute Onset Fever - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Viral:
 • Rhinovirus
 • Influenza Virus
 • Parainfluenza
Organ Specific Infection ... Respiratory Tract Infection ... Urinary Tract Infection ... Meningitis • Skin Infection ... • Sickle Cell disease
Causes of Severe Aortic Regurgitation - Differential Diagnosis
Acute:
 • Leaflet: Traumatic Rupture, Acute Infective Endocarditis, Acute
- Differential Diagnosis ... - Leaflet: • Infection ... Arteritis, Behcet Syndrome ... Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Pediatric Vomiting - Gastrointestinal and Systemic Causes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hepatobiliary:
 • Acute Hepatitis
 • Acute
- Differential Diagnosis ... Urinary Tract Infection ... Ear): • Ear Infection ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... Algorithm #Causes #Peds
Lymphadenopathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Localized: 
 • Cervical: EBV, CMV, HIV, Toxo, TB, Lymphoma, Head /
- Differential Diagnosis ... Melanoma • Axillary: Infection ... Thyroid / larynx disease ... , Sjögren's • Infection ... : Acute HIV, EBV
Pediatric Causes of Abdominal Pain

Surgical:
 - Acute appendicitis 
 - Intestinal obstruction including intussusception 
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urinary tract infection ... - Sickle cell disease ... respiratory tract infection ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Peds
Causes of Encephalopathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hyperacute:
 - Primary Neurologic: Vascular (IS, ICH), Seizure, Migraine, Trauma
- Differential Diagnosis ... encephalopathy Acute ... Systemic: Systemic infection ... paraneoplastic syndromes ... neurocognitive disease
Fever Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Continuous Fever:
Temp > 38°C with only 1 degree fluctuation in 24
- Differential Diagnosis ... pneumonia • Acute ... • Acute bacterial ... Pyogenic/focal infection ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Causes of Apparent Life Threatening Event (ALTE) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac:
 • Congenital Heart Disease
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Congenital Heart Disease ... Metabolism • Reye's Syndrome ... Respiratory Tract Infection ... Urinary Tract Infection ... Algorithm #Causes #Peds