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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
Primary Dermatologic Nail Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Nail Plate - Pitting
 • Psoriasis
 • Alopecia Areata
Nail
Nail Disorders - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Under Nails • Drug-Induced ... Trauma/lnfection - Acute ... Telangiectasia • SLE
Bradycardia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

BRADI Mnemonic
 • BRASH/Hyperkalemia
 • Reduced oxygen/Glucose/Temp
 • ACS
 • Drugs
 •
Diagnosis Framework ... Temp • ACS • Drugs ... Chagas disease • Acute ... Autoimmune: • SLE ... #cardiology #BRADI
Causes of Pericardial Effusion - Differential Diagnosis
Infectious:
 • Viral: Enterovirus, Herpesvirus, Adenovirus, Parvovirus
 • Bacterial: Mycobacterium
Diagnosis Infectious ... Rheumatologic: SLE ... Mediterranean Fever ... Dissection, Idiopathic, Drug-related ... #cardiology
Creatine Kinase - Causes of Elevated CK Levels
Acute CK Elevation (Pain > Weakness):
 • RHABDOMYOLYSIS
CK Elevation (Pain ... RHABDOMYOLYSIS - Drugs ... tissue disorder, SLE ... #Elevated #CK #differential ... #diagnosis #rhabdomyolysis
Primary and Secondary Causes of Mitral Regurgitation
Primary (organic) chronic mitral regurgitation:
 • Leaflet: Rheumatic fever, Infective
Leaflet: Rheumatic fever ... inflammation (SLE ... cardiomyopathy, Drug-related ... Regurgitation #differential ... #diagnosis #cardiology
Chest Pain Diagnosis and Management Algorithm
STEMI:
 - Hx: Pressure like CP, Radiation to arm/jaw, CAD risk
Chest Pain Diagnosis ... underlying dz (SLE ... friction rub, Fever ... Pneumothorax: - Hx: Acute ... Management #Algorithm #differential
Non-Resolving Pneumonias: Etiologies
Unusual Infections:
 - Immunocompromised patients (e.g.: Mycobacterium, Aspergillosis, Nocardia)
 - Endemic Fungi (e.g.: Histoplasmosis,
yersinia/rats, Q fever ... Eosinophilic PNA (acute ... Other Rheum (RA, SLE ... infarction/PE, CHF) - Drug ... #pulmonary #differential
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
- Arthritis Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... arthritis • SLE ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #MSK #
Purpura - Differential Diagnosis Framework

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