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Creatine Kinase - Causes of Elevated CK Levels
Acute CK Elevation (Pain > Weakness):
 • RHABDOMYOLYSIS
Creatine Kinase ... - Causes of Elevated ... (COVID19, CMV/EBV ... Illness Myopathy (ICU ... #differential #diagnosis
Major Clinical Trials and Evidence Summary for Transfusion Thresholds in Critical Care

TRICC - NEJM 1999 -
- NEJM 1999 - ICU ... unnecessary and cause ... the deadliest complication ... /vmoitra) #EBM
Cullen's sign. Lipase 1,781. Bruising in the skin around the umbilicus. This sign is named after
conditions that cause ... pregnancy, or other causes ... Diagnosis and Context ... #cullensign #em ... peritonitis #IM #FM #ICU
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Acute increase
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Acute ... Acute increase in creatinine ... Glomerulonephritis • Anti-GBM ... #Algorithm #Causes
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
Pathophysiology: Triggering factor (infection,...)→Activation of CD8 T cells (IFN-y) → Excessive activation of macrophages
Auto-amplification loop Diagnosis ... Infections+++: Virus (EBV ... biologics (CMV +++, EBV ... Drugs, Unknown cause ... of emergency, ICU
Algorithm - Approach to the differential diagnosis of the patient presenting with overt glomerular proteinuria. CMV
Algorithm - Approach ... Cytomegalovirus; GBM ... collection based on its creatinine ... Nephrocalcinosis causes ... #Algorithm #differential
Idiopathic CD4 Lymphopenia (ICL) / Lymphocytopenia 

DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA FOR ICL
 • Persistent CD4 T-cell lymphopenia
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CD4 Lymphopenia (ICL ... CRITERIA FOR ICL ... EBV. CMV. ... #Lymphopenia #ICL ... #Differential #Causes