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Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Pre-Renal:
 • Hypovolemia, Cardiorenal, Distributive Shock, HRS, Hypercalcemia, Renal
- Differential Diagnosis ... Abdominal Compartment Syndrome ... GN: ANCA, Anti-GBM ... AIN: Medication, Infection ... #nephrology #causes
Hyperviscosity Syndrome - Causes and Treatment

 - Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia (most common) / Plasmapheresis 
 - Multiple
Hyperviscosity Syndrome ... hyperleukocytosis (AML ... - MH/CCF/CWRU EM ... #Diagnosis #Treatment ... #Management
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
EGPA) • Renal: (AKI ... Other tests: • CT ... confirm DAH, r/o infection ... seen on chest CT ... #management #treatment
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
of hospitalized pts ... Acute Diarrhea (>3 BM ... equivocal • CT ... ciab549 #CDI #Cdiff ... #diagnosis #management
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
: • Infection, ... , ADEM, Acute toxic ... the underlying cause ... with AEDs until cause ... #diagnosis #management
Aplastic Anemia - Overview

Who?
• M = F
• 3 peaks:	1) Childhood	2) 15-25 years	3) >60 years

What?
• Aplastic anemia
Damage to Marrow (Toxic ... and petechiae Causes ... Idiopathic • Infections ... oncology #hematology #diagnosis ... #management
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
Malaise, bleeding, infections ... : Blast crises ... develop leukostasis syndrome ... • Tumor lysis syndrome ... Hematology #Oncology #Diagnosis
Autoimmune Myositis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Myopathies: Commonly symmetric proximal muscle weakness, no substantial muscle pain
Tenderness → Consider infectious ... • ANA < 20 % IBM ... aspiration > 50% of pts ... statins - probably caused ... by toxic effects