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Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Pre-Renal:
 • Hypovolemia, Cardiorenal, Distributive Shock, HRS, Hypercalcemia, Renal
Abdominal Compartment Syndrome ... , Medications Intra-Renal ... Protein) • AIN: Medication ... Neurogenic Bladder (Medication ... #nephrology #causes
Causes of Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis
Hepatocellular - Liver Parenchyma
 • Infectious: Hepatitis C, A,
Liver Injury - Differential ... Toxic: Alcohol, Medication ... , Recreational Drugs ... GVHD • Toxic: Medication ... #Diagnosis #Causes
Causes of Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unprovoked - Epilepsy:
 • Focal: Simple, Complex
 • Generalized: Absence,
vasoconstriction syndrome ... Toxic: Alcohol, Medication ... , Recreational drugs ... Traumatic brain injury ... Hypoxia, Uremia, Liver
Reflex Testing - Causes of Hyporeflexia and Hyperreflexia
Focal Hyporeflexia: 
 • Radiculopathy, Mononeuropathy, Polyneuropathy, Acute stroke,
Reflex Testing - ... Acute spinal cord injury ... in spinal cord injury ... #differential #diagnosis ... #table #neurology
DRESS-associated drugs

DRESS syndrome can be life threatening and it has a documented mortality rate of about
DRESS-associated drugs ... patients who have liver ... All kinds of drugs ... #DrugInduced #Medications ... #Causes #Diagnosis
Drug Induced Liver Injury (DILI) - Stepwise Diagnosis Algorithm
DILI suspicion
Features toxic aetiology: Skin involvement, Kidney injury,
Drug Induced Liver ... Stepwise Diagnosis ... duration), Several medications ... for alternative causes ... #Injury #Diagnosis
Acute Kidney Injury - Classification
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration
 • Heart failure (a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome)
 • Liver failure
) • Liver failure ... tubular necrosis (causes ... tract infection • Medications ... Classification #diagnosis ... #nephrology
Shock - Differential Diagnosis by Classification
Reflex Syncope 
 - Vasovagal syncope
   • Prolonged standing
Classification Reflex ... depletion - Medication ... Alcohol blackout - Medication ... Classification #Table ... #Causes
A toxidrome is a syndrome (set of symptoms) caused by specific medications or toxins.

There are 5
toxidrome is a syndrome ... set of symptoms) caused ... by specific medications ... barbituates, “Z-drugs ... antihistamines #Diagnosis
Drugs associated with hypokalemia and hypomagnesemia

Hypokalemia
- Shift from extracellular fluid to intracellular fluid compartment
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Drugs associated ... renal Fanconi syndrome ... hypomagnesemia #Medications ... #differential #diagnosis ... #nephrology #Causes