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Jaundice Evaluation Algorithm #Diagnosis #Management #EM #IM #GI #Jaundice #Hyperbilirubinemia #Workup #Evaluation #Differential #Algorithm #Direct #Indirect
#Diagnosis #Management ... #EM #IM #GI #Jaundice ... Hyperbilirubinemia #Workup ... #Algorithm #Direct ... #Unconjugated #Ddxof
Diffuse Acute Abdominal Pain (<72 hours) - Differential Diagnostic Algorithm
Look for surgical abdomen
Upper quadrant: R/O cardiac,
Diffuse Acute Abdominal ... Pain (<72 hours ... ) - Differential ... • Mesenteric ischemia ... #Abdominal #Pain
Differential Diagnosis and Evaluation of Hyponatremia:
1) Identification of onset (acute vs. chronic)
2) Presence of symptoms (HA,
Identification of onset (acute ... symptoms (HA, nausea ... history (cardiac, liver ... Diagnosis #EM #IM ... #Algorithm #Ddxof
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Pre-Renal:
 • Hypovolemia, Cardiorenal, Distributive Shock, HRS, Hypercalcemia, Renal
Acute Kidney Injury ... Artery Stenosis, Abdominal ... Other • ATN: Ischemia ... Diagnosis #nephrology #causes ... #algorithm
Acute Fatty Liver of Pregnancy (AFLP)
Pathophysiology:
 • Defect in fetal free fatty acid metabolism products →
Acute Fatty Liver ... Pathophysiology: • Defect ... , vomiting, abdominal ... pain, headache, ... infiltration) Differential
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management Summary

Causes of Rhabdomyolysis:
 • Trauma:
	- Immobilization
	- Crush injury
	- Compartment
Framework and Management ... Summary Causes ... Tachycardia - N/V - Abdominal ... perfusion → renal ischemia ... Direct myoglobin
Aortoenteric Fistula - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
• Uncommon but life-threatening
• Most common site of bowel connection
pain, and palpable ... • Should be on differential ... should be taken directly ... patients with acute ... - CMC IM Residency
Acromegaly - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook 

Clinical Presentation: 
 • Classic Acromegaly: frontal
• Macroadenoma direct ... GH stimulates liver ... peripheral (bronchial/abdominal ... Differential Diagnosis ... Diagnosis and Workup
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
, with ensuing ischemia ... Pulmonary 3) Abdominal ... , chest pain • ... Diagnosis: • Direct ... Fungal #Diagnosis #Management