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Chest Pain - Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm

History and Exam
Acute life-threatening causes:
 • Acute myocardial infarction
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Chest Pain - Diagnosis ... and Workup Algorithm ... History and Exam Acute ... life-threatening causes ... , LET, lipase, PT
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Pre-Renal:
 • Hypovolemia, Cardiorenal, Distributive Shock, HRS, Hypercalcemia, Renal
Acute Kidney Injury ... Artery Stenosis, Abdominal ... Pigment, Protein) • AIN ... Diagnosis #nephrology #causes ... #algorithm
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Acute Kidney Injury ... - AKI Workup Algorithm ... osmolarity If cause ... renal biopsy • Abdominal ... #AKI #Workup #Algorithm
Guide to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)

What to ask/look for: 
 - HPI, PMH, full ROS
Guide to Acute Kidney ... - Urine Na/K/Cl ... /bladder US w/ PVR ... rhabdo/TLS) Causes ... Nephrology #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Diuretics and Agents Regulating Renal Excretion

Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors (Acetazolamide, Dichlorphenamide)
 • Glaucoma
 • Epilepsy
 • Altitude
Inhibitors of Na+K+2Cl ... Torsemide) • Acute ... stones caused by ... Postoperative abdominal ... Tolvaptan) • Treatment
Cauda Equina Syndrome Overview

Cauda Equina Syndrome:
 • Prevalence: 1:33,000-100,000 ppl/yr
 • Incidence: 1.5-3.4 million ppl/yr
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spine • MCC- acute ... - Emergency Causes ... Urodynamic studies (PVR ... axial T1 and T2 Treatment ... differential #diagnosis #causes
Chagas Disease - American Trypanosomiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis) is an infectious
infectious disease caused ... weeks incubation Acute ... , rectum 80%) (abdominal ... pain, chronic constipation ... Tests - check Acute
Borrelia recurrentis on Peripheral Blood Smear
23M Somali refugee recently arrived w/severe abd pain, confusion and fever
arrived w/severe abd pain ... 12.5, WBC 14, Plt ... headache and abd pain ... of blood smear, acute ... antibodies or PCR
Alcoholic Hepatitis - Management Algorithm
Assess Eligibility for Treatment:
 - Maddrey Discriminant Function ≥ (or possibly MELD
Hepatitis - Management Algorithm ... >20) - Obtain abdominal ... exclude other causes ... : - Acute kidney ... HCV, DILI, HCC, acute