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Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Kidney Injury - AKI Workup ... Diagnosis Baseline ... • Cardio-renal syndrome ... #Injury #AKI #Workup ... #Diagnosis #nephrology
Neurological Manifestations of Tuberculosis
Spinal Arachnoiditis & Polyradiculopathy:
 • Subacute onset of limb weakness, bladder/bowel dysfunction, muscle
Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome ... 4 weeks after starting ... stroke Tuberculous Abscess ... #Tuberculosis #diagnosis ... #differential #
Hypernatremia - Differential Diagnosis Workup Algorithm

1) Check Urine Osmolality:
 > 600 mOsm/kg - Implies extrarenal mechanism
Hypernatremia - Differential ... Diagnosis Workup ... thirst, Lack of access ... #Diagnosis #Workup ... #Algorithm #nephrology
Lemierre's Syndrome on Neck POCUS with IJ Thrombosis - Transverse View

Male with high fever and right
on Neck POCUS with ... along with chest pain ... Differential/diagnosis ... On ultrasound note ... septic emboli in lungs
Vascular Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
 - Constant Pain (Ischemia)
 - Acute Onset
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- Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... e.g. fractured long ... Marfan's Syndrome ... blood vessels • Abscess
Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
 • Spinal Cord: Demyelinating Disease (MS), Epidural abscess, Infarction, Syringomyelia, Tetanus, Transverse
(MS), Epidural abscess ... Guillain-Barre syndrome ... poisoning, Scorpion sting ... Weakness #Causes #differential ... #diagnosis #neurology
Pulmonary Pathology and Associated Lung Ultrasound Findings
Pneumothorax:
 - No lung sliding/barcode sign
 - Lung point (hard
Ultrasound Findings ... Respiratory Distress Syndrome ... #pulmonary #differential ... #diagnosis #signs ... #Lung #POCUS #ultrasound
Somatoform Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 - Patient presents with complex medical problem or symptoms that
Somatoform Disorders - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Multiple symptoms; long ... Conversion Disorder - Neurologic ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
COVID-19 Findings on Lung ultrasound
 - Thickened pleural line
 - B lines (multifocal, discrete, or confluent)
19 Findings on Lung ... ultrasound - ... alveolar interstitial syndrome ... #ultrasound #POCUS ... #Diagnosis #Signs
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Causes - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... Long-standing vs ... • Splenomegaly/Abscess ... Chronic #Causes #Differential