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Causes of Knee Effusions - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Knee Effusion Red Flags:
1. Fever/Chills/Joint pain/Night sweats/Weight loss
	- DDX:
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Causes of Knee Effusions ... bearing after injury ... - Acute rheumatic ... - Aneurysmal bone ... #Effusions #causes
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Acute increase
Causes of Acute ... Kidney Injury (AKI ... Acute Kidney Injury ... • Hepatorenal syndromes ... • Drugs • HIV
Bone Deformity / Limp - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Infection
 • Septic Arthritis
 • Cortical Hypertrophy
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Bone Deformity / ... Arthritis Other Causes ... Legg-Calve-Perthes Disease Knee ... Patellofemoral Syndrome ... #Orthopedics #Causes
Causes of Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy (SUDI) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Congenital Anomaly / Disorder:
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Causes of Sudden ... Neurologic Anomaly • Pulmonary ... Gastrointestinal infection Injury ... Accidental* Other: • Acute ... Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
Vascular Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
 - Constant Pain (Ischemia)
 - Acute Onset
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Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... (Ischemia) - Acute ... fractured long bone ... Marfan's Syndrome ... #Orthopedics #Causes
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Acute Kidney Injury ... - AKI Workup Algorithm ... osmolarity If cause ... hepatitis serology, HIV ... #Kidney #Injury
Orthopedic Emergencies
Compartment Syndrome
 • An increase in compartment pressure to the point where tissue perfusion is
Orthopedic Emergencies ... • Syndrome caused ... tibia/fibula) and hip ... days after an acute ... injury or after
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
Acute Liver Injury ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Vascular Causes ... vein: Budd-chiari syndrome ... hemolysis) • ALP: Bone
Leg Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Bone/Joint Causes of Leg Pain:
 • Fracture
 • Arthritis
 • Gout/pseudogout
Diagnosis Framework Bone ... Herpes zoster - HIV ... Repetitive strain injury ... Trauma • Crush injury ... Immobilization) • Acute
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
liver or renal injury ... cardiac output - Acute ... pulmonary edema ... - Compartment syndrome ... peritonitis - Acute