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Vancomycin Associated Acute Kidney Injury

 • Drug induced acute kidney injury is generally defined as a
Kidney Injury ... kidney injury is ... #pharmacology #toxicology ... #diagnosis #management ... #nephrology
 Acute Iron Poisoning

There are five classically described phases of toxicity:
Gastrointestinal phase (~6 hours post-ingestion)
 -
Acute Iron Poisoning ... caustic mucosal injury ... post-ingestion) - Symptom ... Poisoning #Toxicity #Toxicology ... #Diagnosis #Management
Gastrointestinal Evaluation of Iron Deficiency Anemia
In patients with anemia, diagnose iron deficiency if:
 • Ferritin <
patients with anemia, diagnose ... inflammation or chronic kidney ... pathology will change medical ... management # ... Evaluation #workup #diagnosis
Extrapulmonary manifestations of COVID-19
 • Neurologic: Headaches, Dizziness, Encephalopathy, Guillain-Barré, Ageusia, Myalgia, Anosmia, Stroke
 • Renal:
of COVID-19 • Neurologic ... Stroke • Renal: Acute ... kidney injury, ... Extrapulmonary #Diagnosis ... #Signs #Symptoms
Metformin Associated Lactic Acidosis (MALA) 

Pathophysiology of MALA
 - Metformin interferes with the activity of the
gastrointestinal distress and acute ... kidney injury are ... also includes symptoms ... LacticAcidosis #Toxicity #Toxicology ... #Diagnosis #Management
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management Summary

Causes of Rhabdomyolysis:
 • Trauma:
	- Immobilization
	- Crush injury
	- Compartment
- Differential Diagnosis ... Framework and Management ... : • Triad of symptoms ... nephrotoxicity to kidney ... #Management #causes
Elevated Lactate Dehydrogenase (LDH) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

LDH is a cytoplasmic enzyme present in tissues throughout
- Differential Diagnosis ... muscle, liver, and kidney ... deficiency - Iron ... : • Early acute ... associated with any symptoms
Bell's Palsy - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook

Acute Idiopathic Unilateral Facial Nerve (CN7) Palsy
Presentation:
and Management ... GrepMed Handbook Acute ... Imaging (if atypical symptoms ... prevent corneal injury ... #Neurology
Multiple Sclerosis - Summary

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune-mediated neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system
Multiple Sclerosis Diagnosis ... objective evidence of neurologic ... ) • Acute: ... taper 3-7 days - Short ... #management #neurology
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
presents with acute ... neutropenia, and iron ... Inhalation of spores ... : • Serology for ... #Management #Infections