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Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Pre-Renal:
 • Hypovolemia, Cardiorenal, Distributive Shock, HRS, Hypercalcemia, Renal
Injury (AKI) - Differential ... Abdominal Compartment Syndrome ... , Medications Intra-Renal ... Pigment, Protein) • AIN ... Kidney #Injury #Differential
Approach to Thrombocytosis - Elevated Platelet Count - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Peripheral Smear concerning for malignancy?
Platelet Count - Differential ... Inflammatory Conditions: Rheumatologic ... Kawasaki, Nephrotic syndrome ... • Reaction to Medications ... Thrombocytosis #Platelets #Differential
Hyponatremia - Differential Diagnosis by Mechanism
Decr Blood Pressure (“Decr Effective Circulating Volume”) 
 - Volume depletion
Hyponatremia - Differential ... - Cirrhosis Syndrome ... SSRIs) Severe pain ... potomania - “Tea ... #Diagnosis #Table
Shock - Differential Diagnosis by Classification
Reflex Syncope 
 - Vasovagal syncope
   • Prolonged standing
Shock - Differential ... draw • Severe pain ... depletion - Medication ... Subclavian steal syndrome ... Classification #Table
Right Upper Quadrant Pain
Liver:
 - Infectious: Acute viral hepatitis, Liver abscess
 - Non-infectious: hepatitis (Alcohol, Medications),
Upper Quadrant Pain ... hepatitis (Alcohol, Medications ... ), Budd-Chiari syndrome ... abscess #RUQ #Pain ... #differential #
Hypomagnesemia - Etiologies by Mechanism

Decreased GI Uptake 
 - Poor dietary intake (particularly common in alcoholics)
Renal Loses - Medications ... - Gitelman syndrome ... - Hungry bones syndrome ... Hypomagnesemia #Differential ... Low #Magnesium #Table
Connective tissue disease-associated interstitial lung diseases

LIP: lymphoid interstitial pneumonia. NSIP: nonspecific interstitial pneumonia. OP: organizing pneumonia.
PSS: Sjogren syndrome ... CTILD #Diagnosis #Differential ... #Comparison #Table ... #Pulmonary #Rheumatology
Ear Pain (Otalgia) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Primary Otalgia 
 - Pain that originates from the ear
Ear Pain (Otalgia ... ) - Differential ... - Ramsay Hunt syndrome ... Nerve V: • TMJ syndrome ... the tragus to differentiate
Skin Conditions Associated with Joint Pain

Rash
	• Human parvovirus B19 infection

Malar rash
	• SLE
	• Human parvovirus B19 infection
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Associated with Joint Pain ... Antiphospholipid-antibody syndrome ... dermatology #joint #pain ... #skin #rashes #differential ... #diagnosis #rheumatology
Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Dyspnea:
 • Myocardium:
	- Heart failure
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
 • Electrical:
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Dyspnea - Differential ... Hepatopulmonary syndrome ... Transverse myelitis • Hematology ... Deconditioning - Pain ... #dyspnea #sob #differential