Dr. Gerald Diaz @GeraldMD
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Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Acute Kidney Injury ... - AKI Workup Algorithm ... and Differential ... cardiac imaging #Acute ... #Injury #AKI #Workup
Workup for Hypophosphatemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Rule out spurious hypophosphatemia: paraproteinemia, acute leukemia
Measure Urine Fractional Excretion
Workup for Hypophosphatemia ... - Differential ... paraproteinemia, acute ... leukemia Measure Urine ... FEPO4 β‰₯ 5% - Renal
Hematuria in Post-Renal Transplant Patient
Prevalence up to 12% in the postrenal transplant patient
 β€’ Bacterial: Escherichia
Hematuria in Post-Renal ... #Transplant #differential ... kidney #blood #urine ... #management #treatment ... #nephrology
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
mononeuritis multiplex WORKUP ... Anti-GBM antibody β€’ Urine ... : UA, Urine protein ... #diagnosis #management ... #treatment
Causes of Metabolic Alkalosis: Differential Diagnosis
ECF volume contracted: urine chloride concentration <20 meq/L
 β€’ Gastric alkalosis:
Metabolic Alkalosis: Differential ... postchronic hypercapnia (acute ... diuretics after renal ... generally indicates a renal ... furosemide-like lesion
IgG4-Related Disease
Clinical history:  Man, 60 years, multiorgan involvement, unique or multiple inflammatory pseudotumor
4 phenotypes:
 β€’
pancreas, biliary, renal ... negative (small lesions ... hypergammaglobulinemia, ↑ acute ... Disease #diagnosis #management ... #phenotypes #workup
Hyponatremia - Diagnosis and Treatment
Hyponatremia is usually caused by the inability to excrete water normally.
3 questions to work ... approach to the differential ... Measure urine osmolality ... #Hyponatremia #Differential ... #management #nephrology
Peri-operative Hyperthermia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
If prolonged or β‰₯ 39 C this is a
Treatment depends ... Phaeochromocytoma Neurologic ... #Hyperthermia #Differential ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management ... #Workup
Blastomycosis Summary

Pathogen: 
 β€’ Dimorphic fungus - Blastomyces dermatitidis or Blastomyces gilchristii.
 β€’ The fungus lives
Pulmonary (91%): Acute ... Verrucous lesion ... Lesion may mimic ... Treatment: ... Blastomycosis #diagnosis #management
Management of Pruritus in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease
Pruritus with no primary lesions - differential diagnosis:
with no primary lesions ... - differential ... diagnosis: β€’ Renal ... #Pruritus #Treatment ... #Nephrology #CKD