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BEE Syndromes - Immune-mediated conditions affecting the brain, eye, and ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in conjunction
BEE Syndromes - ... Inflammatory causes ... • MOG antibody-associated ... disorder • ANCA-associated ... #neurology #inflammatory
Causes of Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unprovoked - Epilepsy:
 • Focal: Simple, Complex
 • Generalized: Absence,
Causes of Seizures ... vasoconstriction syndrome ... Recreational drugs, Poisons ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes ... #neurology
Possible Causes of Altered Urine Color 

Red 
    Foods: beets, blackberries, rhubarb
Possible Causes ... Conditions: blue diaper ... syndrome (see Question ... Urine #Colored #Discoloration ... Differential #Diagnosis #Nephrology
High Anion Gap Metabolic Acidosis (HAGMA) - Differential Diagnosis - GOLDMARK

Glycols - ethylene and propylene glycol
Oxoproline
Oxoproline - associated ... metabolism D-lactate - associated ... with short bowel syndrome ... salicylate toxicity causes ... GOLDMARK #mnemonic #nephrology
Algorithmic Approach to Acute Interstitial Nephritis
When to suspect AIN? (not sensitive)
 • AKI, AKD, rapidly progressive
(<10%): fever, rash ... sterile pyuria, WBC casts ... proteinuria, granular casts ... Received drug associated ... AIN #Algorithm #nephrology
Causes Abnormal Urine Color - Differential Diagnosis
Turbid White Urine (Albinuria):
 • Chyluria, Filariasis, Schistosomiasis, Malignancy, Phosphaturia,
Causes Abnormal ... (blue diaper syndrome ... - UTI caused by ... #Urine #Color #discoloration ... Differential #Diagnosis #nephrology
Staphylococcus-associated GlomeruloNephritis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
CLINICAL
 • Nephritic syndrome (Casts)
 • Marked proteinuria (may be
Staphylococcus-associated ... • Nephritic syndrome ... (Casts) • Marked ... • Vasculitic rash ... GlomeruloNephritis #nephrology
Etiologies of Peripheral Neuropathy
 • Metabolic / Nutritional: DiabetesB12 deficiency, Uremia/ESRD, Hypothyroidism
 • Medication-induced: ART, Antibiotics,
Malignancy: Paraprotein-associated ... (POEMS syndrome ... differential #diagnosis #causes ... #neurology
Algorithm - Approach to the differential diagnosis of the patient presenting with overt glomerular proteinuria. CMV
hemolytic-uremic syndrome ... vesicular rash, ... Nephrocalcinosis causes ... proteinuria #nephrotic #syndrome ... #nephrology
Drugs associated with hypokalemia and hypomagnesemia

Hypokalemia
- Shift from extracellular fluid to intracellular fluid compartment
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Drugs associated ... renal Fanconi syndrome ... differential #diagnosis #nephrology ... #Causes #hypomg