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Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Acute Kidney Injury ... investigations depending on clinical ... • Cardio-renal syndrome ... troponin, CK-MB, NT-proBNP ... cardiac imaging #Acute
Causes of Hypercalcemia due to increased Vitamin D levels
 • The BIG 3:
Crohn's disease, Acute ... Genetic: Williams syndrome ... vitamin D ingestion, Mycobacterium ... VitaminD #causes #differential ... #diagnosis #endocrinology
Infectious Causes of Adrenal Insufficiency
Anatomical distribution of vessels to the adrenal makes the gland prone to
• Bacterial: Mycobacterium ... Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome ... Insufficiency #AI #differential ... #diagnosis #endocrinology ... #infectiousdiseases
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
belonging to the Mycobacterium ... Lady Windermere Syndrome ... : • Syndrome of ... #Infections #differential ... #diagnosis #infectiousdiseases
Hyperglycemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Diabetes Mellitus:
 • Impaired Glucose Tolerance
 • Type I Diabetes
 • Type
Hyperglycemia - Differential ... • Cushing's Syndrome ... agonists • Others Critical ... • Shock • Acute ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #endocrinology
Rhombencephalitis
BACTERIAL
- Listeria (biphasic illness with bulbar dysfunction occurring later)
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Pneumococcus
- Brucella
- Borrelia (Lyme Disease)
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occurring later) - Mycobacterium ... - Bickerstaff syndrome ... lymphoma OTHERS - Acute ... Rhombencephalitis #Differential ... Diagnosis #Causes #Neurology
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
Hypertension - Workup and Differential ... heart failure, neurologic ... 109 mm Hg) with clinical ... Vasculitis • Endocrinologic ... Neurologic disorders
Soil Related Infections - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Mechanism Of Infection:
 • Wound
 • GI: Ingestion, MUD, Contaminated
Related Infections - Differential ... and paralysis, acute ... pseudomallei • Mycobacterium ... Campylobacter jejuni • NTM ... #diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
may precede the neurologic ... Neurological symptoms: Acute ... Reversible course Differential ... , ADEM, Acute toxic ... diagnosis #management #neurology
Waterborne Infections - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Infections that can be acquired from fresh water, brackish water, sea
Waterborne Infections - Differential ... Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome ... hydrophila • Mycobacterium ... is biphasic • Clinical ... #Diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases