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Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) in Patients with Cancer 

Cancer Related 
• Hypercalcemia 
• Intravenous contrast 
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LC deposition disease ... Minimal change disease ... malignancies Treatment ... Methotrexate • AIN ... #Cancer #Oncology
Mesenteric Ischemia - Differential Diagnostic Schema
Chronic: ASCVD, Venous, Vasculitides 5% (PAN, [E]GPA, IgA, MPA)
Acute
 - Venous
Vasculitides 5% (PAN ... Antiphospholipid syndrome ... hypovolemia), Meds/Treatments ... #Mesenteric #Ischemia ... #Diagnosis #algorithm
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 ... Pigment, Protein) • AIN ... nephrology #causes #algorithm
Diffuse Acute Abdominal Pain (<72 hours) - Differential Diagnostic Algorithm
Look for surgical abdomen
Upper quadrant: R/O cardiac,
Acute Abdominal Pain ... • Mesenteric ischemia ... • Peptic ulcer disease ... • Metabolic disease ... Irritable bowel syndrome
Acute limb ischemia (ALI)

Rapid decrease in lower limb blood flow due to acute occlusion of peripheral
Acute limb ischemia ... are abrupt with pain ... exacerbation of ischemia ... Critical Limb ischemia ... #endovascular #treatment
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
• Budd-Chiari syndrome ... /AMI • PUD • ... Irritable bowel syndrome ... Chronic mesenteric ischemia ... • Mesenteric ischemia
Vascular Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
 - Constant Pain (Ischemia)
 - Acute Onset
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Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... (Ischemia) - ... Peripheral Vascular Disease ... Marfan's Syndrome ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management Summary

Causes of Rhabdomyolysis:
 • Trauma:
	- Immobilization
	- Crush injury
	- Compartment
- Abdominal pain ... declines > ALT) • AKI ... + myoglobin AKI ... perfusion → renal ischemia ... disease 2.
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
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
Behçet's Syndrome ... tests in Behcet syndrome ... retinal tears, Ischemia ... Arthritis, AS Treatment ... Nonsurgical abdominal pain