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Causes of Chronic Kidney Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Decreased kidney function (eGFR < 60 ml/min/1.73 m2)
Disease - Differential ... ) • Multiple myeloma ... Hyperoxaluria • Hypercalcemia ... Hyperphosphatemia #CKD ... KidneyDisease #Nephrology #Differential
Causes of Hypercalcemia
Parathyroid gland structure-related
 • Primary hyperparathyroidism
 • Parathyroid adenoma
 • Parathyroid hyperplasia
 • Parathyroid
malignancies • Multiple myeloma ... • Non-small-cell ... cancer • Renal cell ... Pheochromocytoma Chronic kidney ... endocrinology #diagnosis #differential
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Acute Kidney Injury ... - AKI Workup Algorithm ... myoglobin • Myeloma ... imaging #Acute #Kidney ... #Injury #AKI #Workup
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 ... amyloidosis, multiple myeloma ... ssyndrome, sickle cell
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

S/Sx: Most pts asymptomatic. Weakness, cramping, nausea, paresthesias, palpitations,
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis ... Redistribution: Acidosis, Cell ... reabsorption) Workup ... VBG (acidosis), CK ... Drives K+ into cells
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
Hypertension - Workup ... and Differential ... disturbance, or acute kidney ... Hyperthyroidism, Hypercalcemia ... parenchymal disease: CKD
Facial Swelling - Differential Diagnosis Framework for Facial Edema

Infectious:
	• Dental abscess
	• Ludwig's angina
	• Vincent's angina
	• Cellulitis
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Facial Swelling - Differential ... Contact dermatitis (CD ... neck squamous cell ... Swelling #Edema #Differential ... #Diagnosis #PhysicalExam
Acromegaly - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook 

Clinical Presentation: 
 • Classic Acromegaly: frontal
Mortality due to CVD ... pancreatic islet cell ... Differential Diagnosis ... Diagnosis and Workup ... mixed adenoma, ↓(TFT
Solitary Cell Plasmacytoma

What?
• Plasma cell neoplasms can present as a single lesion (solitary plasmacytoma)
• In 3%
CRAB - no anemia, hypercalcemia ... , or kidney impairment ... patients with EMD myeloma ... • Multiple myeloma ... Oncology #Diagnosis #Workup