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Causes of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Acute increase
Causes of Acute ... Diagnosis Algorithm Acute ... Injury (AKI) - Acute ... Epithelial cell casts ... polyangiitis) Acute
Differential Diagnosis and Evaluation of Hyponatremia:
1) Identification of onset (acute vs. chronic)
2) Presence of symptoms (HA,
Diagnosis and Evaluation ... Identification of onset (acute ... cardiac, liver, renal ... history #Diagnosis #EM ... Differential #Algorithm #Ddxof
Urinary Casts and Disease Associations
Hyaline - May be nonspecific; seen in normal individuals or during severe
Urinary Casts and ... breakdown of cellular casts ... heme-granular casts ... are seen in acute ... 34t5DgJ #Urinary #Casts
Causes of Anterior Uveitis - Differential Diagnosis
Anterior Uveitis - 90% of cases of Uveitis
 • Inflammation
Uveitis - 90% of cases ... -ciliary body, Iritis ... TINU syndrome (w/ renal ... bilateral up to 30% of cases ... Lymphoma Pearl: Acute
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Acute Kidney Injury ... investigations depending on clinical ... cardiac imaging #Acute ... Differential #Diagnosis #nephrology ... #causes
Scleroderma Renal Crisis (SRC)

Clinical Presentation of Scleroderma Renal Crisis:
1) Acute kidney injury
2) Abrupt onset of hypertension
3)
Crisis (SRC) ... Clinical Presentation ... Crisis: 1) Acute ... • Refractory cases ... #nephrology #diagnosis
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 ... meningococcal, H1N1) Clinical ... Guillain-Barre Clinical ... variants: (1) acute
Syphilis - Clinical Manifestations and Treatment

1) Primary Syphilis
 • Direct lesion contact during sex is responsible
Syphilis - Clinical ... responsible for most cases ... nephrotic syndrome, or acute ... hypertension and acute ... renal failure
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
• Hypertensive crisis ... Immunosuppressive agents, Renal ... Neurological symptoms: Acute ... syndrome, ADEM, Acute ... the underlying cause
POCUS - Pyomyositis - Long Axis - A collection that is not acute may not appear
collection that is not acute ... contralateral hip ... but on further evaluation ... #Clinical #EM #Radiology ... #Ortho #POCUS #Hip