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Rapidly Growing Mycobacterial Infections

 • Mycobacterium abscessus - Is the most pathogenic and the most likely
most likely to cause ... It can also cause ... wound infections keratitis ... #diagnosis #differential ... infectiousdiseases #NTM
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Diagnosis Baseline ... osmolarity If cause ... cryoglobulins, hepatitis ... troponin, CK-MB, NT-proBNP ... #causes
Most Common Causes of Secondary Hypertension by Age - Am Fam Physician. 2010 Dec 15;82(12):1471-1478.
#Diagnosis #PrimaryCare
Most Common Causes ... Hypertension by Age ... #Diagnosis #PrimaryCare ... #Causes #Differential ... #Table
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
Liver Injury - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Vascular Causes ... ALT: ↑ • GGT/5-NT ... nucleotidase (5-NT
Liver Chemistries - Interpretation of LFTs

R-value: Serum (ALT/ULN ALT) / (Alk phos/ULN ALP)
 • R >
ALT: ↑ • GGT/5-NT ... nucleotidase (5-NT ... ) - If both are ... liver #chemistry #diagnosis ... #differential #
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
Hypertension - Workup and Differential ... Diagnosis Approach ... with previously stable ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #indications
Waterborne Infections - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Infections that can be acquired from fresh water, brackish water, sea
Waterborne Infections - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... Adenovirus - Hepatitis ... hydrophila • Mycobacterium ... encephalitis (GAE
Most episodes of chronic cough in adults are caused by upper airway cough syndrome (UACS, also
cough in adults are ... until symptoms are ... #Diagnosis #PrimaryCare ... Chronic #Cough #Differential ... #Table
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
Pain - Arthritis Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... weeks) Can Be Caused ... B19 • HIV • Hepatitis ... Lyme disease) • Mycobacterium
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
simply a clinical diagnosis ... markers such as BNP/NT-proBNP ... the determined cause ... #diagnosis #differential ... cardiology #treatment #table