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Back Pain - Differential Diagnosis
Primary Back Pathology:
 • Musculoligamentous injury (a.k.a. lumbosacral strain)
 • Spondylosis (i.e.
Back Pain - Differential ... lung, breast, prostate ... #Back #Pain #Differential ... #primarycare #table
Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia: Pathogenesis and Medications
Aging
 -> Increased Testosterone -> Testosterone metabolized into DHT by type
Benign Prostatic ... a-reductase in prostate ... Hyperplasia of the prostate ... -> Prostate encapsulated ... grows inwards -> Prostatic
Increased Urinary Frequency - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Non-increased urine volume (<2mL/min), Rule out polyuria
Extrinsic to Urinary Tract:
Urinary Frequency - Differential ... Obstruction: • Benign prostatic ... Prostatitis • Prostate ... Urinary #Frequency #Differential
Causes of Hematuria - Glomerular vs Non-glomerular

== Glomerular ==
- Glomerulonephritis 
- Thin basement membrane disease 

==
Other - Benign prostatic ... hyperplasia - Prostate ... Nonglomerular #Causes #Differential
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury ( AKI ) - Prerenal, Renal, and Postrenal

PRE-RENAL 
Impaired perfusion: 
•
fibrosis Benign prostatic ... enlargement Prostate ... Postrenal #Failure #Differential
Prostate Zonal Anatomy
 • Transition Zone: Surrounds the prostatic urethra. Enlargement of this zone results in
Prostate Zonal Anatomy ... Surrounds the prostatic ... results in Benign Prostatic ... the base of the prostate ... aspect of the prostate
Causes of Chronic Kidney Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Decreased kidney function (eGFR < 60 ml/min/1.73 m2)
Kidney Disease - Differential ... nephropathy • Benign prostatic ... Constipation • Prostate ... KidneyDisease #Nephrology #Differential
Therapy for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH) 
5 Alpha-Reductase inhibitors
 • Flnasterlde and dutasterlde act by reducing
Therapy for Benign Prostatic ... the size of the prostate ... needed before prostate ... , prostate capsule ... #Benign #Prostatic
Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

Hormonal alterations (result of aging process)
    ->
Benign Prostatic ... binds to AR within prostate ... to ERs in the prostate ... granulocytes) -> Prostate ... #Hyperplasia #Prostate
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Acute increase
Injury (AKI) - Differential ... UIS) • Benign Prostatic ... Constipation • Prostate ... KidneyInjury #Nephrology #Differential