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Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Pre-Renal:
 • Hypovolemia, Cardiorenal, Distributive Shock, HRS, Hypercalcemia, Renal
(AKI) - Differential ... Abdominal Compartment Syndrome ... Intra-Renal: • Vascular ... • Obstruction (Tumor ... Diagnosis #nephrology #causes
Common causes of Acute Kidney Injury AKI - Differential Diagnosis
HEMODYNAMIC
 • Cardiac failure: Impaired forward flow,
AKI - Differential ... inhibitors, hepatorenal syndrome ... ) • Vascular occlusion ... Urinary bladder tumors ... #causes #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 ... , inflammatory markers ... • Cardio-renal syndrome
Causes of Encephalopathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hyperacute:
 - Primary Neurologic: Vascular (IS, ICH), Seizure, Migraine, Trauma
Causes of Encephalopathy ... - Differential ... encephalopathy Acute ... Neoplasm-related (brain tumors ... paraneoplastic syndromes
Causes of HyperKalemia - Differential Diagnosis
Increased extracellular K+:
 • Tissue injury
 • Hemolysis
 • Rhabdomyolysis
 •
- Differential ... Rhabdomyolysis • Tumor ... lysis syndrome ... glycosides • High acute ... Elimination: • AKI
Acute Kidney Injury - Differential Diagnosis Framework
PRERENAL:
 - Intrarenal vasoconstriction-hemodynamically mediated
 - Systemic vasodilation
 - Volume
Acute Kidney Injury ... - Differential ... on UA) - Vascular ... stones, crystals, tumors ... Kidney #Injury #AKI
Causes of Anterior Uveitis - Differential Diagnosis
Anterior Uveitis - 90% of cases of Uveitis
 • Inflammation
Causes of Anterior ... Uveitis - Differential ... chamber, vitreous humor ... Lymphoma Pearl: Acute ... #ophthalmology
Important Causes of Diplopia 
TIER 1-CRITICAL
Basilar artery thrombosis, Botulism, Basilar meningitis, Aneurysmn
TIER 2-EMERGENT:
Vertebral dissection, Myasthenia gravis,
Important Causes ... Diplopia TIER 1-CRITICAL ... URGENT: Brainstem tumor ... mass #Diplopia #differential ... #diagnosis #ophthalmology
Causes of Pseudocellulitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework for Cellulitis Mimics

Cellulitis: Deep skin and subcutaneous fat infection

Pseudo
- Differential ... Dolor, Calor, and Rumor ... are non-specific markers ... • Gout • Acute ... Erythema migrans Vascular
Vision Loss - Differential Diagnosis
Chronic: 
  - Cornea: Scarring, Edema
  - Lens: Cataracts
Vision Loss - Differential ... from pituitary tumor ... ) Acute: - Unilateral ... #Diagnosis #causes ... #ophthalmology