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Dilated Abdominal Veins and Caput Medusae - Direction of Blood Flow

Vein Milking technique can be used
Normal veins: Umbilicus ... respecting the umbilical ... • IVC Obstruction ... • SVC Obstruction ... #physicalexam #diagnosis
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

PRE-Renal AKI:
 • Hypovolemia
 • Congestion
 • Medications
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- Differential Diagnosis ... Retention: Internal obstruction ... , External obstruction ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #nephrology
Hyperkalemia: Diagnostic algorithm
Decreased renal potassium excretion
 • Acute renal failure
 • Chronic renal failure
 • Drugs
Increased
Hyperkalemia: Diagnostic ... nephritis • Obstructive ... transplant • Obstructive ... #Hyperkalemia #Diagnosis ... #algorithm #nephrology
Renal Tubular Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Decreased Serum K, Urine pH < 5.5 - Proximal RTA
Decreased
- Differential Diagnosis ... Urinary tract obstruction ... Urinary tract obstruction ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #nephrology
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Pre-Renal:
 • Hypovolemia, Cardiorenal, Distributive Shock, HRS, Hypercalcemia, Renal
- Differential Diagnosis ... Framework Pre-Renal ... : • Obstruction ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #nephrology #causes
Clinical Signs of Pancreatic Cancer
Jaundice
Cachexia
Depression
Vomiting from duodenal obstruction
Lymphadenopathy
Palpable gallbladder (Courvoisier's sign)
Hepatomegaly (extrahepatic biliary obstruction/secondary deposits)
Scratch marks
from duodenal obstruction ... Scratch marks (obstructive ... tumour spread to umbilicus ... via umbilical vein ... Cancer #Signs #diagnosis
Causes of Chronic Kidney Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Decreased kidney function (eGFR < 60 ml/min/1.73 m2)
- Differential Diagnosis ... (Obstruction/hydronephrosis ... Family history, ultrasound ... KidneyDisease #Nephrology ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Imaging Modalities for Renal Calculus

AXR. KUB
 - Good far calcium-containing stones useful when limited radiation dose
radiation dose Ultrasound ... abdominal pain: diagnoses ... scan) when an ultrasound ... urinary tract: diagnostic ... calculus #Radiology #Diagnosis
Causes of Solid or Cystic Renal Mass - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Solid Renal Mass:
 • Benign <3
Solid or Cystic Renal ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Solid Renal ... Cystic #RenalMass #Nephrology ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Acute Kidney Injury - Differential Diagnosis Framework
PRERENAL:
 - Intrarenal vasoconstriction-hemodynamically mediated
 - Systemic vasodilation
 - Volume
UA) - Tubular (renal ... : Renal ultrasonography ... , urinalysis, renal ... POSTRENAL: - Obstruction ... Manaqement: Relief of obstruction