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Algorithm for the differentiation between simple and complex febrile seizures. Guidelines for evaluation of each. #Diagnosis
Algorithm for the ... between simple and complex ... Guidelines for evaluation ... Diagnosis #Management #EM ... Workup #Simple #Complex
Laryngospasm scenario. More needed than oxygen! PEEP! #Management #EM #Anesth #PCC #Laryngospasm #Algorithm #Complete #Partial
#Management #EM ... #Anesth #PCC #Laryngospasm ... #Algorithm #Complete
Liver Mass - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cystic:
 • Benign 
     - Simple: Simple
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Caroli's - Complex ... - primary - HCC ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Causes #Hepatology
Causes of Extravascular and Intravascular Hemolysis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Extravascular - Spleen and RES-mediated hemolysis
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Causes of Extravascular ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Cold AIHA • PCH ... Drug-induced immune-complex ... #Causes #Hematology
Causes of Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unprovoked - Epilepsy:
 • Focal: Simple, Complex
 • Generalized: Absence,
Causes of Seizures ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Focal: Simple, Complex ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Causes #neurology
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Acute increase
Causes of Acute ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... antibodies • Immune-complex ... #KidneyInjury #Nephrology ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Serious Bacterial Illness (SBI):
1) UTI and pyelonephritis
Most common cause of SBI
Accounts for 3-8% of uncharacterized fevers
Female
pyelonephritis Most common cause ... Consider BCx, CSF evaluation ... (particularly complex ... Diagnosis #Peds #EM
Membranoproliferative Glomerulonephritis (MPGN) AKA: Mesangiocapillary GN
 • Active Urine Sediment (dysmorphic RBC, RBC casts, +/- proteinuria)
dysmorphic RBC, RBC casts ... walls Immune-Complex ... immune deposits on EM ... Glomerulonephritis #MPGN #nephrology
Mechanisms of Pain
Mixed - Nociceptive/Neuropathic
Nociceptive - Tissue Damage
 - Visceral - (From organ/cavity lining) Poorly localized,
Sympathetic • Complex ... Pain #Mechanisms #Neurology ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Causes
Hypochloremia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Cause - Decreased Intake:
 • Low salt in diet
 • Exclusive D5W
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Cause - Decreased ... homeostasis is complex ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... Pathophysiology #Nephrology