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Definitions of AKI, CKD, AKD
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI):
 • Increase in SCr by 2 50% within
Definitions of AKI, CKD ... , AKD Acute Kidney ... • Oliguria Chronic ... (CKD): • GFR < ... damage #AKI #CKD
Causes of Chronic Kidney Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Decreased kidney function (eGFR < 60 ml/min/1.73 m2)
Kidney Disease ... - Differential Diagnosis ... ) • Multiple myeloma ... Hyperphosphatemia #CKD ... #Nephrology #Differential
Causes of Hyperuricemia
Increased production
 • Solid-organ transplant
 • Tumor lysis syndrome
 • Rhabdomyolysis
 • Lesch Nyhan
Functionally normal kidneys ... Associated with chronic ... kidney disease ... (CKD) stages 2-5 ... UricAcid #diagnosis #differential
Abnormal Jugular Venous Pressure Waveforms - Differential Diagnosis
 - Absent a wave - Atrial fibrillation, sinus
Pressure Waveforms - Differential ... , right atrial myxoma ... , right atrial myxoma ... #Diagnosis #PhysicalExam ... #cardiology
Etiologies of Hypernatremia - Differential Diagnosis
GI losses / Insensible losses
Sodium Overload
Transcellular Movement of Water
Central Diabetes Insipidus
Hypernatremia - Differential ... sensitivity in kidneys ... cisplatin) - Chronic ... hypercalcemia - Chronic ... amyloidosis, multiple myeloma
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Acute Kidney Injury ... Algorithm and Differential ... blood count with differential ... myoglobin • Myeloma ... imaging #Acute #Kidney
Causes of mitral stenosis
Rheumatic heart disease
 - Most common cause worldwide. Commissural fusion, thick MV leaflets
Age-related changes, chronic ... kidney disease ... tumor (left atrial myxoma ... Causes #diagnosis #differential ... #cardiology
Colonic Thumbprint Sign on Abdominal XRay - Differential Diagnosis:
 • inflammatory bowel disease: UC and CD
Colonic Thumbprint ... Abdominal XRay - Differential ... disease: UC and CD ... Thumbprint #Sign #Differential ... #Diagnosis #radiology
Causes of Hypercalcemia
Parathyroid gland structure-related
 • Primary hyperparathyroidism
 • Parathyroid adenoma
 • Parathyroid hyperplasia
 • Parathyroid
malignancies • Multiple myeloma ... Pheochromocytoma Chronic ... kidney disease ... endocrinology #diagnosis #differential
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
Liver Injury - Differential ... lymphoma, melanoma, myeloma ... > 2 • NASH, Chronic ... injury: > 3 • Chronic ... injury #hepatitis #differential