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Medications causing Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration: Diuretics
 • Altered intrarenal autoregulation: ACEIs / ARBs,
Kidney Injury (AKI ... Intrarenal: • ATN ... sphincter tone: • Opiates ... #pharmacology # ... differential #diagnosis
Common causes of Acute Kidney Injury AKI - Differential Diagnosis
HEMODYNAMIC
 • Cardiac failure: Impaired forward flow,
Common causes of ... AKI - Differential ... inhibitors, hepatorenal syndrome ... Injury/Necrosis (ATN ... #causes #Acute
Secondary Causes of Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hypertension - BP > 140/90 (>130/80 for DM)
Hypertensive urgency
based on repeat clinic ... Consider secondary HTN ... hypertension (multi-drug ... • AKI/CKD Mineralocorticoid ... #Hypertension #HTN
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Acute Kidney Injury ... and Differential Diagnosis ... osmolarity If cause ... investigations abnormal ... investigations depending on clinical
Primary and Secondary Causes of Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Primary (Essential) (95%) - Onset between age
- Differential Diagnosis ... Uncontrolled • Drug ... disease - CKD, AKI ... excess (Cushing syndrome ... Primary #Secondary #HTN
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management Summary

Causes of Rhabdomyolysis:
 • Trauma:
	- Immobilization
	- Crush injury
	- Compartment
- Differential Diagnosis ... Management Summary Causes ... - Toxins - Drugs ... Dermatomyositis Clinical ... + myoglobin AKI
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
abnormality, Medication/Drug ... , ADEM, Acute toxic ... the underlying cause ... • Treatment of HTN ... with AEDs until cause
Pain, Agitation, and Delirium (PAD) in the ICU
Addressing the ICU Triad (PAD) can be accomplished through
Propofol infusion syndrome ... A dissociative drug ... , it causes amnesia ... No pharmacologic ... #CriticalCare #diagnosis
Nail Pathologies - Findings in or Near Nails

Paronychia 

A superficial infection of the proximal and lateral
photosensitive drug ... seen in Reiter's syndrome ... Nail #Diseases #Abnormal ... #Pathology #Diagnosis ... #Clinical #Signs