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Causes of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Acute increase
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Hepatorenal syndromes ... ) • Ischemia ( ... Hyperplasia • Constipation ... #KidneyInjury #Nephrology
Causes of Pediatric Constipation - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Dietary / Functional:
 • Insufficient Volume / Bulk
Neurologic:
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Causes of Pediatric ... Constipation - ... Hirschsprung's Disease ... Guillain-Barré Syndrome ... #Causes #Peds #
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Workup Algorithm ... osmolarity If cause ... • Cardio-renal syndrome ... #Workup #Algorithm ... #causes
Diffuse Acute Abdominal Pain (<72 hours) - Differential Diagnostic Algorithm
Look for surgical abdomen
Upper quadrant: R/O cardiac,
musculoskeletal causes ... genitourinary causes ... Gastroenteritis • Constipation ... • Mesenteric ischemia ... Irritable bowel syndrome
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Pre-Renal:
 • Hypovolemia, Cardiorenal, Distributive Shock, HRS, Hypercalcemia, Renal
Kidney Injury (AKI ... Abdominal Compartment Syndrome ... Other • ATN: Ischemia ... Medicine @SCVMCMed #AKI ... #causes #algorithm
Secondary Causes of Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hypertension - BP > 140/90 (>130/80 for DM)
Hypertensive urgency
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Renal Parenchymal Diseases ... • AKI/CKD Mineralocorticoid ... HTN #Secondary #Nephrology ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
CNS Manifestations of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)

Clinical Manifestations: Demyelinating Syndrome, Headache, Movement disorders, Seizure disorders, Aseptic
Demyelinating Syndrome ... Cerebrovascular Disease ... autoantibodies that will cause ... ischemia and/or ... Erythematosus #SLE #CNS #neurology
Primary and Secondary Causes of Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Primary (Essential) (95%) - Onset between age
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... taken at home, work ... - CKD, AKI, Glomerulonephritis ... excess (Cushing syndrome ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
• Budd-Chiari syndrome ... /AMI • PUD • ... Diffuse Pain: • Constipation ... Chronic mesenteric ischemia ... • Mesenteric ischemia
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management Summary

Causes of Rhabdomyolysis:
 • Trauma:
	- Immobilization
	- Crush injury
	- Compartment
Management Summary Causes ... + myoglobin AKI ... perfusion → renal ischemia ... disease 2. ... #treatment #nephrology