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Causes of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Acute increase
Causes of Acute ... Kidney Injury (AKI ... Glomerulonephritis • Anti-GBM ... allopurinol, PPI) • Infections ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Pre-Renal:
 • Hypovolemia, Cardiorenal, Distributive Shock, HRS, Hypercalcemia, Renal
Acute Kidney Injury ... GN: ANCA, Anti-GBM ... AIN: Medication, Infection ... #Acute #Kidney ... Diagnosis #nephrology #causes
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Chronic Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Exclude:
1. Causes of acute diarrhea
2. Lactose intolerance
3.
Causes of acute ... Parasitic infections ... imaging with barium, CT ... Chronic #Diarrhea #management
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
, APML, CLL Acute ... Malaise, bleeding, infections ... • Cytopenia -> BM ... : Blast crises ... pain, bleeding, infections
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
Other tests: • CT ... confirm DAH, r/o infection ... Goodpasture's cause ... seen on chest CT ... differential #diagnosis #management
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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present in 15% of cases ... enhancement on CT ... Demyelinating disease caused ... • Symptoms: AMS ... effect/Edema • EBV
Primary and Secondary Headaches - Red Flags and Differential Diagnosis
Red Flags (SNOOP):
S - Systemic		
N - Neurologic
Sensitivity ETOH Infection ... Hypoglycemia Anatomy - Acute ... Physiological - Amy ... #differential #causes ... primary #secondary #management
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
Clostridioides Difficile Infection ... Diagnosis and Management ... on ABx) → Acute ... Diarrhea (>3 BM ... equivocal • CT
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Syndrome - Summary Acute ... Epidemiology: • 1-2 cases ... response preceding infection ... - HIV, CMV, EBV ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
Imaging - CT Chest ... Myasthenia Crises ... aspiration and acute ... precipitated by: Drugs, infection ... Gravis #diagnosis #management