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Causes of Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy (SUDI) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Congenital Anomaly / Disorder:
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Causes of Sudden ... Infancy (SUDI) - Differential ... Arrhythmia • Neurologic ... Gastrointestinal infection Injury ... Accidental* Other: • Acute
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Acute Kidney Injury ... osmolarity If cause ... investigations depending on clinical ... #Kidney #Injury ... #causes
Creatine Kinase - Causes of Elevated CK Levels
Acute CK Elevation (Pain > Weakness):
 • RHABDOMYOLYSIS
Creatine Kinase - Causes ... Elevated CK Levels Acute ... immobility • Critical ... renal injury, Strenuous ... #Elevated #CK #differential
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
Hypertension - Workup and Differential ... kidney injury). ... 109 mm Hg) with clinical ... Neurologic disorders ... #Differential #
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Acid Base Disorders ... Acute or chronic ... Compensation, Acute ... D D-lactate (short ... #AcidBase #disorders
Bilateral B-Lines in case of Pneumonia on Lung POCUS

Young healthy pt with fever/dyspnea. POCUS lung exam
Bilateral B-Lines in case ... Progressive URI ... Differential Bilat ... Pulmonary edema, ARDS ... #clinical #ultrasound
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
Focal inflammatory disorder ... Transverse Myelitis - Clinical ... Presentation: Injury ... diagnosis #management #neurology ... #differential
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Syndrome - Summary Acute ... AIDP that presents ... • Weakness: Starts ... axonal form • MRI ... management #treatment #neurology
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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- Differential ... should be based on clinical ... Suspect in movement disorders ... Imaging: - MRI ... Demyelinating disease caused
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
Spinal Cord Disorders ... - Differential ... neurological lesion: Clinical ... Non-compressive Spinal Cord Causes ... #diagnosis #neurology