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Causes of Acute Kidney Injury ( AKI ) - Prerenal, Renal, and Postrenal

PRE-RENAL 
Impaired perfusion: 
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Causes of Acute ... Kidney Injury ( ... Urethral stricture/valves ... /phimosis #Diagnosis ... Postrenal #Failure #Differential
Types of Urinary Incontinence
 - Stress Incontinence - The urethral sphincter is weakened so that transient
Types of Urinary ... increases in intra abdominal ... #Classification ... #Causes #diagnosis ... #differential
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
Lactic Acidosis - Differential ... to bolus these values ... tests before beginning ... #Diagnosis #causes ... classification
Major neurocognitive disorders (MNCD): Diagnosis and workup 

1) Clinical diagnosis Cognitive impairment + loss of autonomy
2)
... laboratory tests ... workup What type ... Alzheimer - 1st cause ... MNCD #Dementia #Differential ... #Subtypes #Classification
Modified dengue severity classification, PAHO/WHO
Dengue without warning signs - DNWS:
 • Person who lives or has
dengue severity classification ... positive tourniquet test ... and no apparent focus ... Intense abdominal ... #diagnosis
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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tract, and often causes ... - GI tract: abdominal ... Supply gut -> abdominal ... retinopathy Lab Tests ... #classification
Polycythemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Polycythemia itself isn’t a diagnosis. Like many things, it is a condition
Polycythemia - Differential ... that a one-off value ... oxygen sensing (at kidneys ... about secondary causes ... Best to have an
Causes of Hyperkalemia
l. Pseudohyperkalemia
  A Cellular efflux; thrombocytosis, erythrocytosis, leukocytosis, in vitro hemolysis
  B.
Causes of Hyperkalemia ... #Hyperkalemia #Differential ... #Diagnosis #High ... #Potassium #Classification ... #Causes
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
Skin Disease Classification ... permanent alopecia Differential ... Kikuchi disease • Type-I ... neuropathy • Transverse ... C4) • ds-DNA: Kidney