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Differential Diagnosis of Hypoglycemia
Evaluation of Hypoglycemia
Patients with known diabetes who are not systemically ill and can
of Hypoglycemia Evaluation ... Diagnosis #EM #IM ... #Algorithm #Drugs ... #Malignancy #Exogenous ... #Hypoglycemic #Ddxof
Differential Diagnosis and Evaluation of Hyponatremia:
1) Identification of onset (acute vs. chronic)
2) Presence of symptoms (HA,
and Evaluation ... Identification of onset (acute ... renal disease), drug ... Diagnosis #EM #IM ... #Algorithm #Ddxof
Common causes of Acute Kidney Injury AKI - Differential Diagnosis
HEMODYNAMIC
 • Cardiac failure: Impaired forward flow,
Kidney Injury AKI - Differential ... Impaired forward flow ... enlargement (benign or malignant ... #KidneyInjury #Differential ... #Diagnosis #nephrology
Workup of Hypercalcemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
High or Normal PTH:
 • Hyperparathyroidism: Parathyroid adenoma, Parathyroid hyperplasia,
Hypercalcemia Low ... • High PTHrP: Malignancy ... PTHrP: - Low ... Immobilization, Drugs ... Algorithm #Workup #nephrology
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Acute increase
Injury (AKI) - Differential ... syndromes • Drugs ... • HIV • Malignancy ... #KidneyInjury #Nephrology ... #Differential #
Hypocalcemia Workup - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Low Magnesium, High Magnesium - Functional Hypoparathyroidism
 • High
Hypocalcemia Workup - Differential ... deficiency • Drugs ... Hyperphosphatemia, Acute ... Hypocalcemia #Workup #Differential ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #nephrology
Etiologies of Peripheral Neuropathy
 • Metabolic / Nutritional: DiabetesB12 deficiency, Uremia/ESRD, Hypothyroidism
 • Medication-induced: ART, Antibiotics,
Amyloidosis • Malignancy ... Fabry's disease, Acute ... Willis via UNC IM ... Peripheral #Neuropathy #differential ... diagnosis #causes #neurology
Hypokalemia Evaluation Algorithm

Before evaluating hypokalemia, life threatening complications such as arrhythmias and paralysis should be looked
↑ Aldosterone: Malignant ... consumption • Low ... diagnosis #Algorithm #differential ... #potassium #nephrology ... #low
Simplified Approach to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
1) IS THIS AN EMERGENCY? 
Is there a dialysis indication
require urgent nephrology ... evaluation? ... : Hypovolemia, Low ... obstruction, Nephrotoxic drugs ... workup #diagnosis #nephrology
Evolution of MRI Findings in Stroke

MR images at five subsequent time points in a 67-year-old woman
) of an acute ischemic ... it possible to differentiate ... the acute from ... lesion on the acute ... Interpretation #Findings #Neurology