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 ... Interstitial Nephritis (AIN ... #Diagnosis #nephrology
Medications causing Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
Prerenal:
 โ€ข Dehydration: Diuretics
 โ€ข Altered intrarenal autoregulation: ACEIs / ARBs,
Kidney Injury (AKI ... , tenofovir โ€ข AIN ... Medications #Drugs #pharmacology ... #differential # ... diagnosis
Adrenal Insufficiency - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Primary Adrenal Insufficiency:
Most Common Cause in the US: Autoimmune Adrenalitis
Other
and Management ... , Muscle/joint pain ... A STIM test can ... ACTH STIM TEST: ... Give 250 mcg of
Bradycardia
1) First Steps: IV, O2, Monitors, ECG, Pads on patient, Crash Cart in room. Is patient
O2, Monitors, ECG ... worsening brady, Signs ... โ€ข ECG: Bad block ... Connect ECG Leads ... #differential #
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
Primary and Secondary Headaches - Red Flags and Differential Diagnosis
Red Flags (SNOOP):
S - Systemic		
N - Neurologic
Red Flags and Differential ... Diagnosis Red ... Hypoglycemia Anatomy - Acute ... primary #secondary #management ... #neurology
Leukostasis vs Tumor Lysis Syndrome
Leukostasis:
 โ€ข Pathophysiology: Large, immature blasts and high WBC count cause hyperviscosity
have fever - ACS ... , AKI, acute limb ... WBC >100k, + lab signs ... Syndrome #TLS #diagnosis ... #management #hematology
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 ... the โ€œChewing gum test ... #Management
Myasthenic Crisis Checklist - Myasthenia Gravis

Evaluation 
 - Chest X-ray and lung ultrasound (exclude other lung
Phos), CBC with differential ... - Beta-HCG if ... Pyridostigmine - New diagnosis ... monitoring (vital signs ... MyastheniaGravis #Checklist #Management