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Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Pre-Renal:
 • Hypovolemia, Cardiorenal, Distributive Shock, HRS, Hypercalcemia, Renal
Acute Kidney Injury ... Artery Stenosis, Abdominal ... Emboli, Thrombosis, Vasculitis ... GN: ANCA, Anti-GBM ... #nephrology #causes
Decompression Sickness - The physical examination revealed diffuse violaceous skin mottling over his trunk and arms
extent of the nausea ... lactate level, abdominal ... Clinical #Derm #EM ... #Pneumatosis #CT ... #NEJM
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 ... branches • GCA: - Aorta ... Supply gut -> abdominal
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Acute Kidney Injury ... and Differential Diagnosis ... Glomerulonephritis / Vasculits ... ANCA, ANA, Anti-GBM ... renal biopsy • Abdominal
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
< 30 years • Aorta ... Arteritis): • Aorta ... multiplex • GI tract: Abdominal ... tract, and often causes ... gut involvement, abdominal
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis ... quantify renal injury ... Other tests: • CT ... Goodpasture's cause ... seen on chest CT
Chronic Pancreatitis

Definition: A pathologic fibroinflammatory syndrome of the pancreas in individuals with genetic, environmental, and/or other
to parenchymal injury ... stress. 60% of CP cases ... Obstructive) Diagnosis ... • 1st line: CT ... Manifestations: • 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
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
(@MarkRamzyDO, EM ... Hamilton, MD (EM ... Several of the diagnoses ... consider intra-abdominal ... Most commonly caused