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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 ... : Medication, Infection ... Neurogenic Bladder (Medication ... #nephrology #causes
Acute Kidney Injury - Classification
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration
 • Heart failure (a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome)
 • Liver failure
a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome ... interstitial nephritis (AIN ... tract infection • Medications ... Classification #diagnosis ... #nephrology
Monteggia Fracture 
Fracture of proximal ulnar shaft with radial head dislocation. Remember “MUGR” to recall where
posterior interosseous nerve ... ), compartment syndrome ... : Pain control ... Radiology #XRay #Diagnosis ... #Management #Orthopedics
Hematuria in Post-Renal Transplant Patient
Prevalence up to 12% in the postrenal transplant patient
 • Bacterial: Escherichia
Prostate cancer • Medications ... (Goodpasture's syndrome ... #differential #diagnosis ... #blood #urine #management ... #treatment #nephrology
Blurry Vision - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Anatomical Approach to Eye Disease:
1. Lids/Lashes
2. Extraocular Muscles/Motility
3. Conjunctiva/Sclera
4. Cornea
5. Anterior
- Differential Diagnosis ... Optic Nerve/Pathway ... Effects of Systemic Medications ... visual loss) • Medications ... vision • Eye pain
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Hands or feet • Pain ... : Due to nerve root ... Guillain-Barre Diagnosis ... #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #neurology
Rare Causes of Abdominal Pain
 • Hereditary Angioneurotic Edema - Recurrent visceral that may by swelling
precipitated by medications ... arcuate ligament syndrome ... Abdominal cutaneous nerve ... Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome ... #differential #diagnosis
Supracondylar Elbow Fracture
• Most common elbow fracture in children, peak age 5-7 
• When looking at
anterior interosseous nerve ... ), compartment syndrome ... : Pain control ... Radiology #XRay #Diagnosis ... #Management #Orthopedics
Pancreatitis management checklist 
Evaluation to guide etiology & management 
 - RUQ ultrasound 
 - Calcium
- Review of medication ... abdominal compartment syndrome ... Pain control - ... gram Q6hr) and pain-dose ... Pancreatitis #Checklist #Diagnosis
Orthopedic Emergencies
Compartment Syndrome
 • An increase in compartment pressure to the point where tissue perfusion is
Orthopedic Emergencies ... irreversible muscle and nerve ... • Diagnosis: ... - Intense pain ... days, the local pain