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Causes of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Acute increase
Causes of Acute ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Drugs • HIV ... #KidneyInjury #Nephrology ... #Causes
Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis (RPGN) 
 - Loss of kidney function over a short period of tirne
Basement Membrane (GBM ... autoAb against type IV ... staining on IF • No EM ... Classification #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Nephrology
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Diagnosis Baseline ... investigations depending on clinical ... hepatitis serology, HIV ... #Diagnosis #nephrology ... #causes
Membranoproliferative Glomerulonephritis (MPGN) AKA: Mesangiocapillary GN
 • Active Urine Sediment (dysmorphic RBC, RBC casts, +/- proteinuria)
dysmorphic RBC, RBC casts ... , HBV, Sjogren's ... immune deposits on EM ... Glomerulonephritis #MPGN #nephrology ... #diagnosis #renal
Generalized Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Framework
"l feel weak":
 • Infectious: Influenza, EBV, PNA, Bacteremia, Sepsis
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Diagnosis Framework ... Infectious: Influenza, EBV ... Rhabdomyolysis, Critical ... #Diagnosis #causes ... #neurology
Creatine Kinase - Causes of Elevated CK Levels
Acute CK Elevation (Pain > Weakness):
 • RHABDOMYOLYSIS
Creatine Kinase - Causes ... (COVID19, CMV/EBV ... , HIV), clostridial ... #Elevated #CK #differential ... #diagnosis #rhabdomyolysis
PV Card: Knee Injuries | Quick Reference Guide - Orthopedic injuries are commonly managed in the
to remind the clinician ... from the 2015-16 ALiEM ... fractures and hip ... Mary Haas #Diagnosis ... #Management #EM
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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/ AIDS - Differential ... should be based on clinical ... Demyelinating disease caused ... effect/Edema • EBV ... CNS #Infections #differential
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 ... , HIV, CMV, HTLV ... #neurology #differential
Rhombencephalitis
BACTERIAL
- Listeria (biphasic illness with bulbar dysfunction occurring later)
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Pneumococcus
- Brucella
- Borrelia (Lyme Disease)
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Herpes Viruses (HSV ... , EBV, HH6, CMV, ... Rhombencephalitis #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Causes ... #Neurology