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Causes of Hyperferritinemia - Differential Diagnosis
Ferritin > 1000
Ferritin is the storage form of iron. Increased hepcidin
Causes of Hyperferritinemia ... Hepatocellular injury ... Hepatocellular Injury ... Check the iron saturation ... Sideroblastic anemia
Causes of Depressed / Lethargic Newborn - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Maternal Related:
 • Drugs (Ex. SSRI)
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Causes of Depressed ... Congenital: • Birth Injury ... Sepsis Other: • Anemia ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes ... #Peds #Pediatrics
Low O2 saturation that does not respond to supplemental O2
- Key diagnostic feature (sat < 85%
Low O2 saturation ... pulse oximeter causes ... decrease in O2 saturation ... pneumonia, COPD, anemia ... Concentrations #Signs
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Acute Kidney Injury ... osmolarity If cause ... clinical context and signs ... Acute #Kidney #Injury ... #causes
Extrapulmonary manifestations of COVID-19
 • Neurologic: Headaches, Dizziness, Encephalopathy, Guillain-Barré, Ageusia, Myalgia, Anosmia, Stroke
 • Renal:
of COVID-19 • Neurologic ... Ageusia, Myalgia, Anosmia ... : Acute kidney injury ... Gastrointestinal: Diarrhea, Nausea ... Extrapulmonary #Diagnosis #Signs
Causes of Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unprovoked - Epilepsy:
 • Focal: Simple, Complex
 • Generalized: Absence,
Causes of Seizures ... Traumatic brain injury ... Cerebral Hypoxia, Uremia ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes ... #neurology
Simplified Approach to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
1) IS THIS AN EMERGENCY? 
Is there a dialysis indication
to Acute Kidney Injury ... e.g AEIOU ) or anuria ... require urgent nephrology ... are caused by prerenal ... workup #diagnosis #nephrology
Gerstmann Syndrome
1) Finger agnosia - Inability to name their own fingers, affecting both sides
2) Right-left confusion
Agraphia (without alexia ... able to copy Causes ... : Stroke (main cause ... Traumatic Brain Injury ... Gerstmann #Syndrome #neurology
Causes of Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy (SUDI) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Congenital Anomaly / Disorder:
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Causes of Sudden ... Arrhythmia • Neurologic ... Gastrointestinal infection Injury ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes ... #Peds #Pediatrics
Hematuria - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Gross Hematuria: Red/Dark urine
 • 1ml blood/liter urine can induce color change
Immune mediated injury ... hematuria • Signs ... disease Renal Causes ... and SMA - Can cause ... #urology #nephrology