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Cavitary Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm
Acute / Subacute:
 • Acute Infections: Lung abscess,
Lung Disease - Differential ... Workup Algorithm Acute ... Subacute: • Acute ... : Primary lung cancer ... , Metastatic lung
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury ( AKI ) - Prerenal, Renal, and Postrenal

PRE-RENAL 
Impaired perfusion: 
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Causes of Acute ... enlargement Prostate cancer ... Cervical cancer ... #Diagnosis #Acute ... Postrenal #Failure #Differential
Cough - Diagnostic Schema

Infectious: URTI, LRTI, Bacterial, Viral
Irritant/Exposure: Allergic, Post-infectious, Pneumonitis, ACEi, PTX, Foreign Body
Airway Disease:
Malignancy: Lung Cancer ... Mesothelioma, Metastatic ... Diagnosis #Schema #Acute ... #Chronic #Differential
Common causes of Acute Kidney Injury AKI - Differential Diagnosis
HEMODYNAMIC
 • Cardiac failure: Impaired forward flow,
Kidney Injury AKI - Differential ... thromboembolism, renal ... fibrosis, cervical cancer ... tumors INTRINSINC RENAL ... #KidneyInjury #Differential
Back Pain - Differential Diagnosis
Primary Back Pathology:
 • Musculoligamentous injury (a.k.a. lumbosacral strain)
 • Spondylosis (i.e.
Back Pain - Differential ... Primary Back Pathology ... compression fracture, Pathologic ... fracture secondary to metastatic ... breast, prostate, renal
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) in Patients with Cancer 

Cancer Related 
• Hypercalcemia 
• Intravenous contrast 
•
Acute Kidney Injury ... Cancer Related ... gammopathy of renal ... cyclophosphamide) #Acute ... #Oncology #Differential
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Acute increase
Injury (AKI) - Differential ... at least 50% Renal ... Sjögren) Post-Renal ... Constipation • Prostate Cancer ... KidneyInjury #Nephrology #Differential
Approach to Thrombocytosis - Elevated Platelet Count - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Peripheral Smear concerning for malignancy?
Platelet Count - Differential ... blood loss, Acute ... • Malignancy: Metastatic ... cancer, Lymphoma ... Thrombocytosis #Platelets #Differential
Causes of Hypocalcemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Extravascular: Pancreatitis, surgery, acute phosphate intake and renal
Hypocalcemia - Differential ... Pancreatitis, surgery, acute ... phosphate intake and renal ... mets- prostate cancer ... #Hypocalcemia #Differential
Causes of Chronic Kidney Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Decreased kidney function (eGFR < 60 ml/min/1.73 m2)
Kidney Disease - Differential ... 3 months Pre-Renal ... Constipation • Prostate cancer ... Family history, ultrasound ... KidneyDisease #Nephrology #Differential