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Causes of Chronic Kidney Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Decreased kidney function (eGFR < 60 ml/min/1.73 m2)
Causes of Chronic ... Sterile pyuria, WBC casts ... ) • Multiple myeloma ... Hyperphosphatemia #CKD ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
osmolarity If cause ... Rhabdo-myolysis: CK ... myoglobin • Myeloma ... syndrome: troponin, CK-MB ... Diagnosis #nephrology #causes
Kussmaul's Sign on Physical Exam

What’s the diagnosis?
Severe biventeicular failure with + Kussmaul sign! NICM. No constriction!

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cardiomyopathy, severe TR ... and other rarer causes ... Kussmauls #Sign #physicalexam
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

S/Sx: Most pts asymptomatic. Weakness, cramping, nausea, paresthesias, palpitations,
Weakness, cramping, nausea ... esp w oliguria / GFR ... Labs: BMP (Assess GFR ... VBG (acidosis), CK ... only if no clear cause
Kussmaul's Sign - Differential Diagnosis

Typically the JVP decreases with inspiration as the negative intrathoracic pressure "sucks
stenosis, and severe TR ... Kussmauls #Sign #physicalexam ... #differential #causes
Facial Swelling - Differential Diagnosis Framework for Facial Edema

Infectious:
	• Dental abscess
	• Ludwig's angina
	• Vincent's angina
	• Cellulitis
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Contact dermatitis (CD ... carcinoma • Multiple myeloma ... Differential #Diagnosis #PhysicalExam
Acromegaly - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook 

Clinical Presentation: 
 • Classic Acromegaly: frontal
Mortality due to CVD ... mixed adenoma, ↓(TFT ... or refractory cases
The Cell Cycle
The cell cycle is the series of tightly regulated steps that controls cell growth
factor E2F (in the case ... factor (in the case ... proteins) that cause ... Cyclin-dependent kinase #CDK ... proliferation #TF