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Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) in Patients with Cancer 

Cancer Related 
• Hypercalcemia 
• Intravenous contrast 
•
Patients with Cancer ... Cancer Related ... cystitis -> bladder outlet ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... Classification #Nephrology
Brachial Plexus Lesions - Localization and Presentation

Erb palsy ("waiter's tip"), 
Klumpke palsy, 
Thoracic outlet syndrome, Winged
palsy, Thoracic outlet ... syndrome, Winged ... Klumpke #ClawHand #Diagnosis ... Review in Clinical Neurology
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes and Mimics - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis
90%:
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Pulmonary Renal Syndromes ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Disease - Double Positive ... multiorgan failure - Cancer ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Rhombencephalitis
BACTERIAL
- Listeria (biphasic illness with bulbar dysfunction occurring later)
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Pneumococcus
- Brucella
- Borrelia (Lyme Disease)
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- Bickerstaff syndrome ... Miller-Fisher GBS; Positive ... small cell lung cancer ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Causes #Neurology
Cyriax Release Test for Thoracic Outlet Syndrome

Positioned behind the patient, the examiner tilt's the patient's drunk
Test for Thoracic Outlet ... Syndrome Positioned ... The test is positive ... #Syndrome #clinical ... vascular #msk #orthopedics
Acute Spinal Cord Injuries: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Anterior Cord Syndrome -> Anterior spinal artery
Anterior Cord Syndrome ... • Central Cord Syndrome ... #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... symptoms #msk #orthopedics ... #neurology
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome ... Differential Diagnosis ... : - ANCA-positive ... #differential #diagnosis ... #nephrology
Hypophosphatemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Appropriately Low Kidney Phosphate Excretion:
 • Decreased GI Absorption: Chronic Diarrhea, Antacids,
- Differential Diagnosis ... Tumor Genesis Syndrome ... (MM, lymphoma, cancer ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #nephrology
Oncologic Emergencies - Differential Diagnosis Framework

HEMATOLOGIC ONCOLOGIC EMERGENCIES:
Hyperviscosity Syndrome:
 • Spontaneous bleeding
 • Shortness of breath
- Differential Diagnosis ... of breath • Neurologic ... decreased urine output ... #differential #diagnosis ... #cancer
Adson's Test for Thoracic Outlet Syndrome

To perform Adson's Test locate the radial pulse.
Have the patient take
Test for Thoracic Outlet ... Syndrome To ... is considered a positive ... syndrome Video ... vascular #msk #orthopedics