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Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) in Patients with Cancer 

Cancer Related 
• Hypercalcemia 
• Intravenous contrast 
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malignancies Treatment ... Kidney #Injury #AKI ... Cancer #Oncology #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Classification ... #Nephrology
Shock - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 - MAP <65. SBP <90, drop in SBP > 40
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Shock - Differential ... malperfusion - Lactate ... > 1.5 High CO ... • Obstructive: Pulmonary ... Abdominal compartment syndrome
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
symptomatology Differential ... infiltrates) → high ... , biopsy By Tess ... #differential # ... diagnosis #nephrology
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management Summary

Causes of Rhabdomyolysis:
 • Trauma:
	- Immobilization
	- Crush injury
	- Compartment
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential ... + myoglobin AKI ... Isotonic fluid/Lactated ... Monitor potassium ... #nephrology
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
Lactic Acidosis - Differential ... or diagnostic tests ... output - Acute pulmonary ... - Compartment syndrome ... #typea #typeb #classification
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Differentials? ... ) D D-lactate ... (short bowel syndrome ... Classically” noted with pulmonary ... Diagnosis #Summary #Nephrology
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
EGPA) • Renal: (AKI ... coagulopathy) • CBC w differential ... anti-GBM) Other tests ... #differential # ... diagnosis #management #treatment
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
• Mounier-Kuhn syndrome ... dyskinesia • Young syndrome ... Diagnosis: • HRCT (high-resolution ... mycobacteria Treatment ... #differential #
Cauda Equina Syndrome Overview

Cauda Equina Syndrome:
 • Prevalence: 1:33,000-100,000 ppl/yr
 • Incidence: 1.5-3.4 million ppl/yr
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and posterior thigh ... • Provocative Tests ... absent anal wink test ... axial T1 and T2 Treatment ... #differential #
There are similarities and differences between these 3 conditions which all carry treatment implications. Each mimic
which all carry treatment ... convert Pyruvate to Lactate ... for Refeeding Syndrome ... provided the starting potassium ... #diagnosis #differential