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Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Pre-Renal:
 • Hypovolemia, Cardiorenal, Distributive Shock, HRS, Hypercalcemia, Renal
Acute Kidney Injury ... Abdominal Compartment Syndrome ... • Obstruction (Tumor ... Diagnosis #nephrology #causes ... #algorithm
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Acute Kidney Injury ... - AKI Workup Algorithm ... osmolarity If cause ... investigations depending on clinical ... , inflammatory markers
Hyperglycemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Diabetes Mellitus:
 • Impaired Glucose Tolerance
 • Type I Diabetes
 • Type
• Cushing's Syndrome ... agonists • Others Critical ... • Shock • Acute ... #endocrinology ... #causes
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
An acute rise or ... disturbance, or acute ... kidney injury). ... 109 mm Hg) with clinical ... Vasculitis • Endocrinologic
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
with: - Thymic tumors ... Clinical Picture ... Respiratory insufficiency ... Clinical DX: - ... aspiration and acute
Cushing's Syndrome - Hypercortisolism - Diagnosis and Clinical Features
1) Skin
 • Thin, easily bruisable skin with
Cushing's Syndrome ... Diagnosis and Clinical ... skin with stretch marks ... , oral cavity) Caused ... signs #symptoms #endocrinology
Causes of Hypocalcemia by Clinical Cause

Acute illness: pancreatitis, tumor lysis, severe illness - Secondary hyperparathyroidism from
by Clinical Cause ... Acute illness ... pancreatitis, tumor ... Malabsorption syndrome ... Differential #Diagnosis #Endocrinology
Causes of Hyperkalemia
l. Pseudohyperkalemia
  A Cellular efflux; thrombocytosis, erythrocytosis, leukocytosis, in vitro hemolysis
  B.
Causes of Hyperkalemia ... Rapid tumor lysis ... uropathy, post-acute ... Acute oliguric kidney ... antiphospholipid syndrome
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
vital while lab markers ... forward flow to the kidneys ... coronary syndrome ... the determined cause ... #differential #algorithm