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Acute Kidney Injury - Differential Diagnosis Framework
PRERENAL:
 - Intrarenal vasoconstriction-hemodynamically mediated
 - Systemic vasodilation
 - Volume
Acute Kidney Injury ... Glomerular (red blood ... eosinophils/white blood ... treating underlying cause ... Acute #Kidney #Injury
Hydroxychloroquine Serum Measurement in SLE
 • Terminal elimination half-life = 40 days ([HCQI reflects long-term intake)
intake) • Target blood ... Insufficient blood ... (e.g. renal failure ... Measurement #SLE #rheumatology ... levels #lupus #management
Initial assessment and management of coma in pediatric population.

Airway - is it secure? 
Breathing — is
assessment and management ... of coma in pediatric ... Disability — check blood ... Scale Exposure - e.g ... Assessment #Coma #Pediatrics
Peri-operative Hyperthermia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
If prolonged or ≥ 39 C this is a
maintained fever CAUSES ... urological device • Blood ... • Intracranial blood ... Traumatic brain injury ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management
Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) Definitions - Stable Angina, Unstable Angina, NSTEMI, STEMI
1 STABLE ANGINA - Angina
allow adequate blood ... thrombus formation causes ... occlusion the blood ... in transmural injury ... Text: The Only EKG
Childhood Immunization Schedule: Why we immunize
 • Diphtheria Toxin -> URT inflammation causes pseudomembrane with hardened
metabolites induce injury ... cause quadriplegia ... disseminates in blood ... fetal blood vessel ... Immunization #peds #pediatrics
Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure - Differential Diagnosis Framework
DECREASED INSPIRED OXYGEN
 • Low PATM Can decrease first part
High altitude (eg ... to neurologic injury ... • Occurs when blood ... Intrapulmonary shunting (eg ... intracardiac shunting (eg
Causes of Anemia with Low Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Decreased Heme Synthesis or
Causes of Anemia ... Iron Deficiency (Eg ... Causes: Chronic ... Blood Loss, Occult ... #Hematology
Warm Antibody Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia 
1) DIAGNOSE AIHA
 • Anemia: macrocytic > normocytic, ↑ reticulocytes
 •
type ± C3d • Blood ... 2) LOOK FOR a cause ... Anemia #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #rheumatology
Causes of Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Disorders - Differential Diagnosis and Workup
History:
 - Prior platelet count, family
Causes of Thrombocytopenia ... plateletcount), peripheral blood ... function test, ANA (e.g ... Differential #Diagnosis #Causes ... #Workup #hematology