Dr. Gerald Diaz @GeraldMD
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Common causes of Acute Kidney Injury AKI - Differential Diagnosis
HEMODYNAMIC
 โ€ข Cardiac failure: Impaired forward flow,
Kidney Injury AKI ... - Differential ... Diagnosis HEMODYNAMIC ... ) โ€ข Drugs (e.g ... #Diagnosis #nephrology
Medications causing Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
Prerenal:
 โ€ข Dehydration: Diuretics
 โ€ข Altered intrarenal autoregulation: ACEIs / ARBs,
calcineurin inhibitors (e.g ... Sympathomimetics (e.g ... anticholinergic effects (e.g ... #differential # ... diagnosis
Modified dengue severity classification, PAHO/WHO
Dengue without warning signs - DNWS:
 โ€ข Person who lives or has
retro-orbital pain ... positive tourniquet test ... transmission, with acute ... attending physician (e.g ... classification #diagnosis
STEMI Equivalents on ECG
 โ€ข Conventional STEMI - Elevation of ST segment at (or 40-60 ms
Equivalents on ECG ... deviation) โ€ข Acute ... #Equivalents #ECG ... #EKG #diagnosis ... #differential #
Approach to ECGs - Ischemia
MI = Biomarkers + ECG or echo/angiogram findings
Pathologic Q - 1/3 height
= Biomarkers + ECG ... women โ€ข DDx: Acute ... -4 can have no pain ... #Ischemia #ECG ... #EKG #diagnosis
13 Dangerous Causes of Headache:
 - subarachnoid hemorrhage: family history, PCKD, known berry aneurysm, sudden and
or at work) - acute ... signs/symptoms ... Killers #Lethal #Fatal ... #Dangerous #Deadly ... #Differential
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
with systemic, neurologic ... not be subtle e.g ... very remarkable w/differential ... E.g. 80 yo ESR cutoff ... the โ€œChewing gum test