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Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
and Differential Diagnosis ... investigations depending on clinical ... context and signs ... ANCA, ANA, Anti-GBM ... renal biopsy • Abdominal
Decompression Sickness - The physical examination revealed diffuse violaceous skin mottling over his trunk and arms
lactate level, abdominal ... #Clinical #Derm ... #EM #Radiology # ... #Pneumatosis #CT ... #NEJM
Cullen's sign. Lipase 1,781. Bruising in the skin around the umbilicus. This sign is named after
pancreas or other abdominal ... layers of the abdominal ... indicates intra-abdominal ... suggests severe intra-abdominal ... #cullensign #em
Aortoenteric Fistula - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
• Uncommon but life-threatening
• Most common site of bowel connection
the duodenum Clinical ... Signs/Symptoms: ... triad: Bleeding, abdominal ... , and palpable abdominal ... • CT findings
Cushing's Syndrome - Hypercortisolism - Diagnosis and Clinical Features
1) Skin
 • Thin, easily bruisable skin with
Hypercortisolism - Diagnosis ... and Clinical Features ... classically purple abdominal ... , abdominal CT, ... #signs #symptoms
Floating Aorta Sign:  Displacement of the abdominal aorta away from the vertebral column. 
On lateral
Floating Aorta Sign ... Displacement of the abdominal ... retroperitoneal masses ... FloatingAortaSign #CT ... tumor #aortic #clinical
Varicocele: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
Primary:
 - Anatomically: the left spermatic vein drains into the left renal
Pathogenesis and clinical ... pinched by the abdominal ... aorta and superior ... Pathophysiology #Signs ... Symptoms #Urology #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 ... < 30 years - Aorta ... purpura: strong sign ... Supply gut -> abdominal
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
purpura: Strong sign ... < 30 years • Aorta ... multiplex • GI tract: Abdominal ... tract, and often causes ... gut involvement, abdominal
Handlebar Traumatic Injury 
Young girl presents to you after low energy, helmeted bicycle accident. Her vitals
She is sent to CT ... concern for blunt abdominal ... Severe abdominal ... time and multiple abdominal ... and/or delayed diagnosis