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Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Kidney Injury - AKI Workup ... osmolarity If cause ... investigations depending on clinical ... #Injury #AKI #Workup ... #causes
Peri-operative Hyperthermia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
If prolonged or ≥ 39 C this is a
39 C this is a clinical ... Phaeochromocytoma Neurologic ... #Hyperthermia #Differential ... #Causes #Anesthesiology ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
Hypertension - Workup ... and Differential ... 109 mm Hg) with clinical ... Neurologic disorders ... #causes #Differential
Gitelman Syndrome Overview

What?
• Inherited (AR) hypokalemic salt-losing tubulopathies affecting the thiazide-sensitive sodium chloride cotransporter
• Gitelman's syndrome
Gitelman Syndrome ... tubule (DCT) Clinical ... ratio 0.5%) Differential ... #nephrology #management ... #pathophysiology
Thiamine Deficiency - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Clinical Manifestations

Causes of Thiamine Deficiency:
 • Poor intake:
	- Diets
Thiamine Deficiency - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... and Clinical Manifestations ... Causes of Thiamine ... beriberi #nutrition #pathophysiology
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management Summary

Causes of Rhabdomyolysis:
 • Trauma:
	- Immobilization
	- Crush injury
	- Compartment
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... Management Summary Causes ... Dermatomyositis Clinical ... #treatment #nephrology
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
may precede the neurologic ... Etiology: • Pathophysiology ... Reversible course Differential ... the underlying cause ... with AEDs until cause
Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS) - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Epidemiology:
 • Prevalence: 1-2 cases per million -
Prevalence: 1-2 cases ... Pathophysiology ... Clinical Manifestations ... antibody that works ... Management #treatment #neurology
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
Diagnosis Framework ... neurological lesion: Clinical ... Non-compressive Spinal Cord Causes ... MCTD, Sjogren syndrome ... disorders #diagnosis #neurology
Blood Culture-Negative Infective Endocarditis (BCNIE)
Definition: No etiology found after 3 separate blood cultures remain negative for
antimicrobials, clinical ... but important causes ... factors: - Serology ... antiphospholipid syndrome ... Endocarditis #diagnosis #differential