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Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis and Management Summary

Trauma:
 • Immobilization, Crush iniury, Compartment syndrome, Electrical injury
Exertional:
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Differential Diagnosis ... Statins), ETOH Infection ... (Viral- HIV, Influenza ... per day until stable ... #Differential #
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management Summary

Causes of Rhabdomyolysis:
 • Trauma:
	- Immobilization
	- Crush injury
	- Compartment
Differential Diagnosis ... Statins - ETOH - Infection ... - Viral (HIV, Influenza ... #Differential # ... #nephrology
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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HIV / AIDS - Differential ... Antimicrobial treatment ... status, and focal neurologic ... #differential # ... InfectiousDiseases #Neurology
Possible Causes of Altered Urine Color 

Red 
    Foods: beets, blackberries, rhubarb
urinary tract infections ... hemoglobinuria (rhabdomyolysis ... urinary tract infection ... Discoloration #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Nephrology
Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Approach To Weakness:
 • Non-neuromuscular disorder (Cardiac, pulmonary etc)
 • CNS ->
Weakness - Differential ... parainfluenza, Coxsackie, HIV ... Lyme myositis • Rhabdomyolysis ... #Weakness #Differential ... #Diagnosis #neurology
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Rhabdomyolysis = Destruction of skeletal muscle with leakage of contents into circulation.
Rhabdomyolysis - ... Mitochondrial disorders • Infections ... Coxsackie virus, EBV, HIV ... Diagnosis #Causes #nephrology ... #table
Hematuria in Post-Renal Transplant Patient
Prevalence up to 12% in the postrenal transplant patient
 • Bacterial: Escherichia
: Secondary to infections ... (HPV, EBV), Renal ... Renal #Transplant #differential ... urine #management #treatment ... #nephrology
BEE Syndromes - Non-inflammatory Causes

Immune-mediated conditions affecting the Brain, Eye, and Ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in
diagnosis and treatment ... pachymeningitis • HIV ... • Enteroviral infections ... BEE #Syndromes #neurology ... noninflammatory #differential
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
life-threatening Differential ... DX: - Thyroid ... Clinical DX: - ... precipitated by: Drugs, infection ... diagnosis #management #neurology
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
polymicrobial infection ... antibiotics once stable ... shows a small, stable ... Lung Abscess Differential ... Abscess #pulmonary #differential