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Cavitary Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm
Acute / Subacute:
 • Acute Infections: Lung abscess,
- Differential ... Diagnosis and Workup ... Septic Emboli, Fungal ... Nocardia Chronic (≥ 12 ... cancer, Metastatic
Hematuria in Post-Renal Transplant Patient
Prevalence up to 12% in the postrenal transplant patient
 • Bacterial: Escherichia
Simple Virus • Fungal ... carcinoma., Prostate cancer ... #Transplant #differential ... #diagnosis #kidney ... management #treatment #nephrology
Adrenal Metastases on Renal POCUS
Pt complains of right flank pain, n/v. States feels like prior kidney
on Renal POCUS ... Also has lung CA ... Final diagnosis- ... #POCUS #clinical ... #ultrasound #cancer
Rhombencephalitis
BACTERIAL
- Listeria (biphasic illness with bulbar dysfunction occurring later)
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Pneumococcus
- Brucella
- Borrelia (Lyme Disease)
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- Influenza A FUNGAL ... - small cell lung ... cancer - lymphoma ... Rhombencephalitis #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Causes
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Differentials? ... Diagnosis: Causes ... or restrictive lung ... Interpretation #Diagnosis ... #Summary #Nephrology
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
permanent alopecia Differential ... Diagnosis: • ANCA-associated ... hematuria) • Frank ... cancer • Cervical ... Erythematosus #Diagnosis
Hyponatremia Differential Diagnosis Algorithm in Cancer
UOsm ≥ 100 mOsm/kg = Urine is inappropriately concentrated for hypotonic
in Cancer UOsm ... tumors, brain or lung ... ACTH deficiency; adrenal ... #Diagnosis #Cancer ... #algorithm #nephrology
Ileal Pouch Disorders - Differential Diagnosis
 • Surgical/Mechanical: Anastomotic leak, Pelvic sepsis, Sinus, Fistula, Strictures, Efferent
Diagnosis • Surgical ... lines, "Pouchalgia fugax ... Squamous cell cancer ... Bone loss, Vit D/B12 ... deficiency, Renal