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Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Pre-Renal:
 • Hypovolemia, Cardiorenal, Distributive Shock, HRS, Hypercalcemia, Renal
Abdominal Compartment Syndrome ... , Medications Intra-Renal ... , Infection, Autoimmune ... Diagnosis #nephrology #causes ... #algorithm
Summary of Infections in which Steroids play a role in treatment
 • TB meningitis
 • TB
pericarditis (select cases ... reconstitution inflammatory syndrome ... • Ramsay Hunt syndrome ... #Steroids #Indications ... #infections #management
Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
Adjuvant therapies in critical ... respiratory distress syndrome ... #Pharmacology # ... Management #Treatment ... #Indications
Causes of Adrenal Insufficiency - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Autoimmune:
 • Isolated
 • Polyglandular autoimmune syndrome 1
 •
Causes of Adrenal ... Thrombophilia • Critical ... illness • Infecton ... Radiation • Medication ... #Causes
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Chronic Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Exclude:
1. Causes of acute diarrhea
2. Lactose intolerance
3.
Algorithm for the ... Causes of acute ... Parasitic infections ... Medications 7. ... Chronic #Diarrhea #management
Antibiotic Options for Treating MRSA Infections

PO: Doxycycline, Clindamycin, TMP-SMX, Linezolid
IV: Linezolid, Vancomycin, Ceftaroline, Daptomycin, Tigecycline

By Dr.
Treating MRSA Infections ... SatyaPatelMD and Casey ... aureus #staph #pharmacology ... #management #microbiology ... #medications
Causes of Pleural Effusion - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Transudate - Hydrostatic
 • Congestive heart failure
 • Constrictive
Causes of Pleural ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Urinothorax Exudate - Infectious ... Post-CABG • Medication ... #Hepatology #causes
Causes of Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unprovoked - Epilepsy:
 • Focal: Simple, Complex
 • Generalized: Absence,
Causes of Seizures ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... vasoconstriction syndrome ... Toxic: Alcohol, Medication ... brain injury • Infectious
Priapism 

Secondary Causes:
Medications- intracavernosal injections, anticoagulants, PDE5 inhibitors, alpha blockers, methylphenidate, cocaine
Any hyperviscosity syndrome (SCD, leukemia,
Secondary Causes ... : Medications- ... intracavernosal injections ... hyperviscosity syndrome ... Priapism #Diagnosis #Management
Gout algorithm including multiple medication classes #clinical #management #primarycare
Gout algorithm including ... multiple medication ... classes #clinical ... #management #primarycare