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Hepatorenal Syndrome (HRS) - Diagnostic Criteria
HRS-AKI (Acute: previously known as HRS Type 1)
 • ↑ Creatinine
Type 1) • ↑ Creatinine ... No response to 1 ... 20% HAS) • No shock ... Type 2) • HRS-AKD ... Cirrhosis + ascites • HRS-CKD
Guide to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)

What to ask/look for: 
 - HPI, PMH, full ROS
- Hx of AKI/CKD ... rhabdo/TLS) Causes ... 21% - AKI on CKD ... Atheroemboli — 1% ... Nephrology #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Fatigue and IBD Algorithm
 • 40-50% patients have fatigue despite clinical remission
 • Risk factors: BMI,
Algorithm • 40- ... disease control • 1/ ... and/or stress • Pts ... /other causes • ... #Algorithm #diagnosis
Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 • (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
Causes of Interstitial ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... this should be 1° ... or 2°) - Multisystem ... Lung #Diseases #ILD
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
of hospitalized pts ... Toxic Megacolon, Shock ... Epidemiology: • #1 ... immunocompromised, IBD ... 10 mg/kg IV x 1
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Cardiomyopathy - Summary 1. ... exclude other causes ... : cardiogenic shock ... Avoid ARBs • ICD ... months before 1°
Acromegaly - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook 

Clinical Presentation: 
 • Classic Acromegaly: frontal
Mortality due to CVD ... GH + IGF-1multisystemic ... are mixed GH & PRL ... Pituitary testing: ↑PRL ... or refractory cases
Management of Pruritus in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease
Pruritus with no primary lesions - differential diagnosis:
General Measures 1. ... • Pramoxine 1% ... PRN 7. ... Pruritus #Treatment #Algorithm ... Management #Nephrology #CKD
Autoimmune Myositis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Myopathies: Commonly symmetric proximal muscle weakness, no substantial muscle pain
Anti-MDA5 (RP-ILD ... Ab • Anti-Jo-1 ... aspiration > 50% of pts ... enzymes • Anti-Jo-1 ... statins - probably caused
Anti-NXP-2 Dermatomyositis

What?
DM with generalized subcutaneous edema
Pts have more myalgias, more severe weakness, and an increased prevalence
subcutaneous edema Pts ... Muscle atrophy may cause ... without increasing CK ... Prednisone at 1 ... methylprednisolone 1