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Common causes of Acute Kidney Injury AKI - Differential Diagnosis
HEMODYNAMIC
 • Cardiac failure: Impaired forward flow,
nephropathy • Secondary ... systemic disease or drugs ... hypotension • Drugs ... Nephritis (AIN) • Drugs ... #Diagnosis #nephrology
Causes of Secondary / Provoked Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Febrile
Infection
 • Sepsis
 • Encephalitis
 • Meningitis
Metabolic
Causes of Secondary ... Provoked Seizures - Differential ... Uremia • Alcohol/drug ... Provoked #Seizures #Neurology ... #Differential #
Causes of Antibiotic Failure - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Diagnosis:
 • Non-Infectious: Malignant, Autoimmune, Drug-related (NMS, serotonin syndrome,
Malignant, Autoimmune, Drug-related ... pancreatitis), Drug ... to Treatment: Drug ... (ie SJS, DIHS, drug ... Difficile, COVID
Secondary Causes of Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hypertension - BP > 140/90 (>130/80 for DM)
Hypertensive urgency
Secondary Causes ... Hypertension - Differential ... 3+) Consider secondary ... hypertension (multi-drug ... #Nephrology #Differential
Causes of Hypomagnesemia
Redistribution:
 - IV glucose
 - Correction of diabetic ketoacidosis
 - IV hyperalimentation
 - Refeeding
renal disease Drugs ... - Primary or secondary ... #diagnosis #differential ... #medications #drugs ... #pharmacology #
Causes of Secondary Headaches (without Red Flag Symptoms) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Acute
 • Sinusitis
 • Dental
Causes of Secondary ... Flag Symptoms) - Differential ... Sickness Chronic - Drugs ... #Headaches #Neurology ... #Differential #
Causes of Hypomagnesemia
 • Redistribution: IV glucose, Correction of diabetic ketoacidosis, IV hyperalimentation, Refeeding after starvation,
Causes of Hypomagnesemia ... renal disease • Drugs ... states, Primary or secondary ... #differential # ... diagnosis #nephrology
Causes of Hypokalemia
Transcellular Shifts:
 - Alkalosis, Increased plasma insulin (treatment of diabetic ketoacidosis), ß-Adrenergic agonists, Hypokalemic
Causes of Hypokalemia ... hyperaldosteronism, Secondary ... Conn's, Liddle's), Drugs ... #differential # ... diagnosis #nephrology
Causes of Membranous Nephropathy (MN)
Primary (75-80%)
 • PLA2R antigen (70-80%)
 • Thrombospondin (1-5%)
Secondary (20-25%)
 • Infection
Thrombospondin (1-5%) Secondary ... carcinoma) • Drugs ... #Nephropathy #differential ... #diagnosis #nephrology ... #Causes