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Workup for Hypophosphatemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Rule out spurious hypophosphatemia: paraproteinemia, acute leukemia
Measure Urine Fractional Excretion
Hypophosphatemia - Differential ... paraproteinemia, acute ... Insulin/Glucose, Acute ... Hypophosphatemia #Differential ... Workup #phosphate #nephrology
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Acute Kidney Injury ... electrolytes, urea ... investigations abnormal ... • Cardio-renal syndrome ... #Diagnosis #nephrology
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Acute increase
Injury (AKI) - Differential ... • Hepatorenal syndromes ... multiple myeloma) • Urate ... #KidneyInjury #Nephrology ... #Differential #
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
- Differential ... vein: Budd-chiari syndrome ... rises later - Half-life ... function may be abnormal ... • Gilbert's syndrome
Urinary Casts and Disease Associations
Hyaline - May be nonspecific; seen in normal individuals or during severe
nonspecific; seen in normal ... casts are seen in acute ... Fatty - Nephrotic syndrome ... edgarvlermamd - Nephrology ... Urinary #Casts #Differential
Liver Chemistries - Interpretation of LFTs

R-value: Serum (ALT/ULN ALT) / (Alk phos/ULN ALP)
 • R >
Liver Failure (ALF ... rises later - Half ... - If both are normal ... • Gilbert's syndrome ... chemistry #diagnosis #differential
Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema - Differential Diagnosis Framework

NCPE Pathophysiology:
Noncardiogenic pulmonary edema occurs because of excessive pulmonary capillary
Pulmonary Edema - Differential ... Framework NCPE Pathophysiology ... • A lack of acute ... respiratory distress syndrome ... #edema #NCPE #differential
Guillain–Barré syndrome (GBS)
(aka: Landry–Guillain–Barré–Strohl syndrome:
	Most common cause of acute flaccid paralysis
	Rapidly progressive ascending paralysis & areflexia
	Autonomic
Guillain–Barré syndrome ... Landry–Guillain–Barré–Strohl syndrome ... common cause of acute ... lower to upper areas ... Differential diagnosis
Differentiation Syndrome in APML
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: common in APL (2-48% depending on the study)
 • Triggers:
Differentiation Syndrome ... ATRA treatment Pathophysiology ... initiation • Differential ... 500 mg QD until normal ... Differentiation #Syndrome
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
- Summary Acute ... Guillain-Barre Pathophysiology ... CSF PROTEIN - NORMAL ... variants: (1) acute ... management #treatment #neurology