Dr. Gerald Diaz @GeraldMD
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Common causes of Acute Kidney Injury AKI - Differential Diagnosis
HEMODYNAMIC
 β€’ Cardiac failure: Impaired forward flow,
Kidney Injury AKI ... - Differential ... Diagnosis HEMODYNAMIC ... Interstitial Nephritis (AIN ... #Diagnosis #nephrology
Medications causing Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
Prerenal:
 β€’ Dehydration: Diuretics
 β€’ Altered intrarenal autoregulation: ACEIs / ARBs,
Kidney Injury (AKI ... , tenofovir β€’ AIN ... Medications #Drugs #pharmacology ... #differential # ... diagnosis
Modified dengue severity classification, PAHO/WHO
Dengue without warning signs - DNWS:
 β€’ Person who lives or has
retro-orbital pain ... positive tourniquet test ... transmission, with acute ... Intense abdominal pain ... classification #diagnosis
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
with systemic, neurologic ... systemic sx + signs ... very remarkable w/differential ... claudication: pain ... the β€œChewing gum test
STEMI Equivalents on ECG
 β€’ Conventional STEMI - Elevation of ST segment at (or 40-60 ms
Equivalents on ECG ... β€’ Wellens sign ... deviation) β€’ Acute ... #EKG #diagnosis ... #differential #
Approach to ECGs - Ischemia
MI = Biomarkers + ECG or echo/angiogram findings
Pathologic Q - 1/3 height
women β€’ DDx: Acute ... Equivalents / Don't Miss Signs ... -4 can have no pain ... #EKG #diagnosis ... Interpretation #differential
13 Dangerous Causes of Headache:
 - subarachnoid hemorrhage: family history, PCKD, known berry aneurysm, sudden and
or at work) - acute ... thrombophilia, neurologic ... signs/symptoms ... postpartum #Diagnosis ... #Differential
Myasthenic Crisis Checklist - Myasthenia Gravis

Evaluation 
 - Chest X-ray and lung ultrasound (exclude other lung
Electrolytes (including Ca ... Phos), CBC with differential ... Pyridostigmine - New diagnosis ... monitoring (vital signs ... Drugs to avoid (main
The Neurological Evaluation of a Comatose Patient

Definition:
 β€’ Coma: a state of unresponsiveness; the absence of
consciousness Differential ... Diagnosis: β€’ ... Possible responses to pain ... β€’ Examine for signs ... #PhysicalExam #neurology