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Causes of Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Disorders - Differential Diagnosis and Workup
History:
 - Prior platelet count, family
Diagnosis and Workup ... : INR/PT, aPTT(liver ... (CVID, WAS), (neurologic ... bypass), LFT (liver ... #Workup #hematology
Hantavirus
Pathogen: Hantavirus - Rodents are the primary reservoir
Transmission:
 • Shed in the urine, feces, saliva of
barns and lake houses ... • Prodrome: fever ... • Autopsy PCR Treatment ... diagnosis #management #treatment ... #microbiology #infectiousdiseases
Acute Kidney Injury - Classification
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration
 • Heart failure (a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome)
 • Liver failure
Kidney Injury - Classification ... cardiorenal syndrome) • Liver ... tubular necrosis (causes ... Kidney #Injury #Classification ... #diagnosis #nephrology
Peri-operative Hyperthermia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
If prolonged or ≥ 39 C this is a
Treatment depends ... Actively maintained fever ... CAUSES OF HYPERTHERMIA ... Phaeochromocytoma Neurologic ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup
Hyponatremia - Diagnosis and Treatment
Hyponatremia is usually caused by the inability to excrete water normally.
Hyponatremia is usually caused ... 3 questions to work ... the underlying cause ... include vaptans (HF/liver ... #management #nephrology
Tularemia - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Francisella tularensis - Aerobic fastidious gram-negative Coccobacillus - Zoonotic Infection
 •
Ulceroglandular: Fever ... conditions Diagnosis: Serology ... Culture & GS, PCR Treatment ... diagnosis #management #treatment ... #infectiousdiseases
Hepatic Encephalopathy - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Definition:
 • Alteration in brain function manifested by neuropsychiatric symptoms
by liver insufficiency ... rule out other causes ... of neurologic/cognitive ... Initiate empiric treatment ... Encephalopathy #Grading #Classification
In order to better classify heart failure, the American College of Cardiology Foundation and the American
risk factors as a classification ... of the ACC/AHA Classification ... With treatment, ... in patients who never ... #Stages #Classes
Classification of Diabetes Insipidus

Central or neurogenic diabetes insipidus:
 - Congenital - Structural malformations affecting the hypothalamus
Classification of ... uropathy, Metabolic causes ... Treatment is aimed ... Diabetes #Insipidus #Classification ... #Types #Nephrology
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
Causes of Lactate ... glucose by the liver ... perfusion - shock->treatments ... before beginning treatment ... #typea #typeb #classification