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Medications causing Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration: Diuretics
 • Altered intrarenal autoregulation: ACEIs / ARBs,
, tenofovir • AIN ... : Beta-lactams, ... sphincter tone: • Opiates ... #pharmacology # ... differential #diagnosis
Differential Diagnosis - Noninfectious Causes of Fever

CRITICAL DIAGNOSES:
 - Acute myocardial infarction
 - Pulmonary embolism or
Differential Diagnosis ... : - Acute myocardial ... Thyroid storm - Acute ... - Drug fever ... #Causes #Differential
Causes of Acute Onset Fever - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Viral:
 • Rhinovirus
 • Influenza Virus
 • Parainfluenza
Onset Fever - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Neuroleptic malignant syndrome ... Cell disease • Drug ... #Acute #Differential
Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Type A: Impaired O2 Delivery (DO2)
 • Decreased O2 Delivery: Hypotension
Lactic Acidosis - Differential ... Ischemia, Compartment Syndrome ... Demand: Stress / Pain ... / Exercise, Fever ... Utilization (VO2) • Drugs
Hypocalcemia Workup - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Low Magnesium, High Magnesium - Functional Hypoparathyroidism
 • High
Diagnosis Algorithm ... deficiency • Drugs ... Calcium Chelators, Lactate ... Hyperphosphatemia, Acute ... metastases, Hungry bone syndrome
Common causes of Acute Kidney Injury AKI - Differential Diagnosis
HEMODYNAMIC
 • Cardiac failure: Impaired forward flow,
Kidney Injury AKI - Differential ... Diagnosis HEMODYNAMIC ... inhibitors, hepatorenal syndrome ... Interstitial Nephritis (AIN ... #Diagnosis #nephrology
Fever Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Continuous Fever:
Temp > 38°C with only 1 degree fluctuation in 24
Differential Diagnosis ... pneumonia • Acute ... Behcet disease • Drug ... #Patterns #Differential ... #Diagnosis #intermittent
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Causes - Differential ... potentially be an acute ... Red Flags: • Fever ... malignancy • Lactase ... aneurysms • Acute
Red Flags in Back Pain
 • Cancer: Age > 50, History of cancer, Unexplained weight loss,
• Infection: Fever ... venous catheter, IV drug ... • Cauda equina syndrome ... #differential # ... diagnosis #primarycare
Bradycardia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

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