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Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Workup Algorithm ... clinical context and signs ... cryoglobulins, hepatitis serology ... , HIV serology, ... #nephrology #causes
Causes of Facial Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Forehead Sparing = Central cause
  - Most commonly
Algorithm Forehead ... Sparing = Central ... commonly stroke ... #Algorithm #Causes ... #neurology #sparing
Guide to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)

What to ask/look for: 
 - HPI, PMH, full ROS
- Urine Na/K/Cl ... protein/Cr - Renal ... rhabdo/TLS) Causes ... #Nephrology #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #Causes
Hypochloremia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Cause - Decreased Intake:
 • Low salt in diet
 • Exclusive D5W
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Cause ... - Diarrhea • RENAL ... - Gitelman SIGNS ... gas transport, renal
Causes of Dizziness - Vertigo - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
True Vertigo - Illusion of Rotary Movement
Peripheral Vestibular
Causes of Dizziness ... Bone Fracture Central ... symptoms/signs, ... Dizziness #Vertigo #Neurology ... #Algorithm #Causes
Hematuria - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Gross Hematuria: Red/Dark urine
 • 1ml blood/liter urine can induce color change
- Differential Diagnosis ... hematuria • Signs ... Hematuria: • Stone ... #causes #urology ... #nephrology #renal
Approach to Headaches - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Red flags (PHANTOMS):
 • Pattern change, progressively worse, papilledema
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- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Red ... lyme • Altered mental ... conditions: • Stroke ... #Algorithm #neurology
Characteristics of Peripheral and Central Vertigo
PERIPHERAL VERTIGO
 • Onset: Sudden
 • Intensity: Severe initially, often decreasing
can be severe in stroke ... with vascular causes ... #Vertigo #diagnosis ... #findings #signs ... #neurology
Generalized Seizures and Pseudoseizures
Generalized seizures "are conceptualized as originating as some point within, and rapidly engaging,
seizure caused ... Tonic-Clonic (grand mal ... Classification #Diagnosis ... #Neurology #Signs ... #Symptoms #Comparison
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management Summary

Causes of Rhabdomyolysis:
 • Trauma:
	- Immobilization
	- Crush injury
	- Compartment
- Differential Diagnosis ... Management Summary Causes ... Heat injury, Heat stroke ... declines > ALT) • AKI ... + myoglobin AKI