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Gastrointestinal Evaluation of Iron Deficiency Anemia
In patients with anemia, diagnose iron deficiency if:
 • Ferritin <
inflammation or chronic kidney ... Test for celiac disease ... endoscopy only if: • Negative ... Gastrointestinal #Evaluation #workup ... #diagnosis #gastroenterology
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

PRE-Renal AKI:
 • Hypovolemia
 • Congestion
 • Medications
 •
Acute Kidney Injury ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Immune-mediated, Infection-mediated ... #Kidney #Injury ... #nephrology
Acute Kidney Injury - Classification
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration
 • Heart failure (a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome)
 • Liver failure
Acute Kidney Injury ... Urinary tract infection ... #Kidney #Injury ... Classification #diagnosis ... #nephrology
Workup for Hyperphosphatemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Rule out spurious hyperphosphatemia: paraproteinemia, hyperlipidemia, hemolysis, hyperbilirubinemia, liposomal amphotericin
- Differential Diagnosis ... t-PA, heparin Acute ... acidosis, DKA Kidney ... Disease: • AKI ... #phosphate #nephrology
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury ( AKI ) - Prerenal, Renal, and Postrenal

PRE-RENAL 
Impaired perfusion: 
•
Kidney Injury ( ... • Inflammatory disease ... • Infection ... /phimosis #Diagnosis ... #Acute #Kidney
Common causes of Acute Kidney Injury AKI - Differential Diagnosis
HEMODYNAMIC
 • Cardiac failure: Impaired forward flow,
Kidney Injury AKI ... - Differential Diagnosis ... • Primary GNs: Disease ... • Toxins • Infection ... #nephrology
Differentiating NBTE from Infective Endocarditis
No pathognomonic signs/symptoms or echo features that are specific to NBTE, and
Differentiating NBTE from Infective ... : Serial negative ... - Infectious Diseases ... #Endocarditis #comparison ... #infective #NBTE
Blood Culture-Negative Infective Endocarditis (BCNIE)
Definition: No etiology found after 3 separate blood cultures remain negative for
microbiological techniques Work-up ... BCNIE Diagnostic ... factors: - Serology ... exists Infectious Diseases ... #diagnosis #differential
Simplified Approach to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
1) IS THIS AN EMERGENCY? 
Is there a dialysis indication
Simplified Approach to Acute ... Kidney Injury ( ... Hypovolemia, Low effective ... KidneyInjury #simplified #workup ... #diagnosis #nephrology
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
Hypertension - Workup ... and Differential Diagnosis ... patients with a negative ... kidney injury). ... Renal parenchymal disease