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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 ... investigations depending on clinical ... Acute #Kidney #Injury ... #AKI #Workup #Algorithm
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management Summary

Causes of Rhabdomyolysis:
 • Trauma:
	- Immobilization
	- Crush injury
	- Compartment
Dermatomyositis Clinical ... declines > ALT) • AKI ... + myoglobin AKI ... perfusion → renal ischemia ... kidney tubular cells
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
e.g., uptake by cells ... liver or renal injury ... perfusion - shock->treatments ... before beginning treatment ... - Compartment syndrome
Bell's Palsy - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook

Acute Idiopathic Unilateral Facial Nerve (CN7) Palsy
Presentation:
Bell's Palsy - Diagnosis ... - Atypical Clinical ... , facial nerve ischemia ... prevent corneal injury ... Diagnosis #Management #Treatment
Aplastic Anemia - Overview

Who?
• M = F
• 3 peaks:	1) Childhood	2) 15-25 years	3) >60 years

What?
• Aplastic anemia
Marrow (Toxic injury ... Constitutional Syndromes ... Aplastic Anemia Clinical ... propylthiouracil) - β-lactam ... aplastic anemia Treatment
Esophageal Necrosis
Etiology:
 - Ischemia and Gastric Outlet Obstruction with GERD may be inciting events
 - Associated
Necrosis Etiology: - Ischemia ... Stevens-Johnson syndrome ... hepatitis and lactic ... restored to esophagus Clinical ... : - Treatment of
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
EGPA) • Renal: (AKI ... EGPA) • Digital ischemia ... mononeuritis multiplex WORKUP ... quantify renal injury ... diagnosis #management #treatment
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

S/Sx: Most pts asymptomatic. Weakness, cramping, nausea, paresthesias, palpitations,
, rhabdo/crush injury ... , ischemia, hemolysis ... , RTA Type IV, AI ... reabsorption) Workup ... Drives K+ into cells
There are similarities and differences between these 3 conditions which all carry treatment implications. Each mimic
which all carry treatment ... hormones that work ... But we also have Lactic ... for Refeeding Syndrome ... #differential #algorithm