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Medications causing Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration: Diuretics
 • Altered intrarenal autoregulation: ACEIs / ARBs,
Medications causing Acute ... , tenofovir • AIN ... sphincter tone: • Opiates ... #pharmacology # ... differential #diagnosis
Fever in Returning Travelers from Tropical Regions - Frequent Differential Diagnoses
Medical History:
 • Skin exposure to
- Frequent Differential ... Diagnoses Medical ... , acute HIV infection ... , Lassa fever, acute ... • Abdominal pain
Maculopapular - Diagnostic Algorithm
Pathophysiology:
- Catch-all term with a wide range of potential pathophysiologic mechanisms and causative
Maculopapular - Diagnostic ... instability - New-onset fever ... anti-convulsant or sulfa-drug ... - Skin pain - ... Targetoid #Algorithm #Differential
Bradycardia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

BRADI Mnemonic
 • BRASH/Hyperkalemia
 • Reduced oxygen/Glucose/Temp
 • ACS
 • Drugs
 •
Bradycardia - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... Temp • ACS • Drugs ... Chagas disease • Acute ... #cardiology #BRADI
Sweet Syndrome

Acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis (Sweets Syndrome) is a skin condition characterized by fever and inflamed
Sweet Syndrome Acute ... malaise) - Muscle pain ... Inflammation and pain ... - Drug induced ... Sweet #Syndrome #diagnosis
Pustular Skin Lesions - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What are pustules?
• Pustules < 5-10 mm + pus
• Material
- Differential ... with rheumatic pain ... Pustules + Fever ... Acute generalized ... illness • Drug
Purpura - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Non-blanchable, dark red to purple, hemorrhagic skin lesions that result from leakage
Purpura - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... hemorrhagic skin lesions ... - APLS • Acute ... mountain spotted fever
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
 •
Vasculitides - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... ischemic skin lesions ... Coronary arteries - Fever ... Vasculitis: • Fevers
Emergent Causes of Headache and Associated Risk Factors
Carbon monoxide poisoning
 - Breathing in enclosed or confined
- History of pain ... or serotonergic drugs ... Previous vascular lesions ... signs #symptoms #differential ... #emergency #diagnosis
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
Culture (+): Acute ... night sweats, fever ... Marantic (NTBE) Differential ... Persistent bacteremia/fevers ... #management #cardiology