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Primary and Secondary Causes of Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Primary (Essential) (95%) - Onset between age
- Differential ... Uncontrolled • Drug ... taken at home, work ... licorice • Medications ... Secondary #HTN #Cardiology
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Kidney Injury - AKI Workup ... investigations abnormal ... clinical context and signs ... #Diagnosis #nephrology ... #causes
Simplified Approach to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
1) IS THIS AN EMERGENCY? 
Is there a dialysis indication
there a dialysis indication ... require urgent nephrology ... circulating volume, Urinary ... obstruction, Nephrotoxic drugs ... KidneyInjury #simplified #workup
Hypokalemia Differential Algorithm
Acidosis
 - RTA
 - Diarrhea
pH Normal 
 1. Decreased Mg 
 2. Intracellular Shift
Hypokalemia Differential ... - Diarrhea pH Normal ... Primary hyperaldo ... Algorithm #Diagnosis #Causes ... #Workup #Nephrology
Hematuria - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Gross Hematuria: Red/Dark urine
 • 1ml blood/liter urine can induce color change
Hematuria - Differential ... hematuria • Signs ... Postpartum • Drugs ... #Hematuria #Differential ... #urology #nephrology
Types of Urinary Incontinence
 - Stress Incontinence - The urethral sphincter is weakened so that transient
Types of Urinary ... Incontinence Secondary to Medications ... - - Drugs may ... Classification #Causes ... #diagnosis #differential
Primary Biliary Cirrhosis (PBC) - Summary

PBC Epidemiology:
 • Female:Male 9:1
 • Common European descent
 • Age:
intralobular bile ducts causes ... failure PBC Signs ... bile ducts Differential ... , Sarcoidosis, Drug-induced ... cholangitis #diagnosis #workup
Causes of Petechial Rash - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Pinpoint areas (less than 2 mm) of hemorrhage, which
Causes of Petechial ... Rash - Differential ... Abnormalities in primary ... Immunosuppressed • New medication ... deficiency Work
Quincke's Pulse in a patient with a normal echocardiogram (non-valvular)

A 70 y/o man presents with new
patient with a normal ... is identified (video ... Workup for cause ... highest on my differential ... Fingernails #Nailbed #Cardiology
Radiographic appearances of pulmonary diseases in HIV/AIDS Patients
 • Diffuse Interstitial Infiltrates: Pneumocystis jirovecii, M.tuberculosis, Histoplasma
hypersensitivity; Drug ... complex • Nodular/Masses ... Lymphoma (NHL, primary ... P.jiroveci • Normal ... pulmonary #diseases #differential