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Simplified Approach to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
1) IS THIS AN EMERGENCY? 
Is there a dialysis indication
urgent nephrology evaluation ... volume, Urinary obstruction ... azotemia or postrenal obstruction ... to assess for obstruction ... KidneyInjury #simplified #workup
A quick way to consider causes of PEA arrest (or severe hypotension) is to consider: Volume
way to consider causes ... Volume - Pump - Obstruction ... of obstruction ... #Differential #Evaluation ... #Algorithm
Hypotension / Shock Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hypovolemic:
 • Poor oral intake
 • Hemorrhage
 • Renal loss
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Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... ventricular outflow obstruction ... Dysautonomia Obstructive ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #shock #causes
Causes of Enuresis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Primary Nocturnal Enuresis (Urinary Control Never Achieved)
 • Delayed Maturation
Causes of Enuresis ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Sleep Disorders (Obstructive ... Insipidus, Urethral Obstruction ... #Causes #Peds #
Mechanical Bowel Obstruction and Ileus - Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Ileus: Functional bowel "blockage", no peristalsis
Mechanical Obstruction:
Mechanical Bowel Obstruction ... suggests complete obstruction ... with complete obstruction ... percussion • Nausea ... ) #bowel #obstruction
A primer on the causes, evaluation and management of Acute Myocardial Infarction in Young Patients. 
Obstructive:
primer on the causes ... , evaluation and ... Obstructive: • ... MINOCA - MI in non-obstructive
Suggested diagnostic approach to a patient with exudative ascites. Low ascitic fluid protein should direct practitioners
syndrome as a cause ... out lymphatic obstruction ... peritoneum, lymphatic obstruction ... ascites #diagnosis #workup ... #algorithm #differential
Shock - Differential Diagnosis by Classification

Hypovolemic (Intravascular volume depletion)
 - Hemorrhagic 
   • Trauma
exacerbation (any cause ... - Myocarditis Obstructive ... (Mechanical obstruction
Causes of Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis
Hepatocellular - Liver Parenchyma
 • Infectious: Hepatitis C, A,
Causes of Acute ... Acute biliary obstruction ... Intrahepatic • Obstructive ... Differential #Diagnosis #Causes ... #Acute #algorithm
Causes of Pediatric Constipation - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Dietary / Functional:
 • Insufficient Volume / Bulk
Neurologic:
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Causes of Pediatric ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Anatomic: • Bowel Obstruction ... • Pseudo-obstruction ... #Causes #Peds #