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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 ... Pigment, Protein) • AIN ... Differential #Diagnosis #nephrology ... #causes #algorithm
Shock - Differential Diagnosis by Classification
Reflex Syncope 
 - Vasovagal syncope
   • Prolonged standing
draw • Severe pain ... depletion - Medication ... Subclavian steal syndrome ... Classification #Table ... #Causes
Gerstmann Syndrome
1) Finger agnosia - Inability to name their own fingers, affecting both sides
2) Right-left confusion
Gerstmann Syndrome ... patient is still able ... to copy Causes ... : Stroke (main cause ... #neurology #diagnosis
Acute Spinal Cord Injuries: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Anterior Cord Syndrome -> Anterior spinal artery
Pathogenesis and clinical ... Loss of pain and ... level of iniury, pain ... #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #orthopedics #neurology
Acute Kidney Injury - Classification
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration
 • Heart failure (a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome)
 • Liver failure
a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome ... tubular necrosis (causes ... interstitial nephritis (AIN ... tract infection • Medications ... Classification #diagnosis #nephrology
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
Diagnosis and Management ... survival is 93-95% Pathophysiology ... renal failure Clinical ... Self-limiting, chronic but stable ... Sarcoidosis #Diagnosis #Management
Rare Causes of Abdominal Pain
 • Hereditary Angioneurotic Edema - Recurrent visceral that may by swelling
Rare Causes of Abdominal ... precipitated by medications ... arcuate ligament syndrome ... incisional hernias: clinical ... #Rare #Causes
Management of SIADH
Treat underlying cause:
 • Causes can include pain, primary lung pathology, post-operative phenomenon, medications,
Management of SIADH ... include pain, primary ... post-operative phenomenon, medications ... SatyaPatelMD #SIADH #Management ... #hyponatremia #nephrology
Lateral Medullary Syndrome - Wallenberg's Syndrome
Acute continuous vertigo due to Posterior Circulation Stroke (usually Posterior Inferior
- Wallenberg's Syndrome ... Artery occlusion) Clinical ... Findings: • Nausea ... Contralateral loss of pain ... #Wallenbergs #neurology
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Epidemiology: • 1-2 cases ... Guillain-Barre Pathophysiology ... Guillain-Barre Clinical ... Hands or feet • Pain ... #diagnosis #management