Dr. Gerald Diaz @GeraldMD
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Localizing Extraocular Movement Disorders
 β€’ CN Ill (Oculomotor) Nerve Palsy 
 β€’ CN IV (Trochlear) Nerve
Oculomotor) Nerve Palsy ... Trochlear) Nerve palsy ... #Localization #ophthalmology ... #neurology #differential ... #diagnosis #ocular
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

PRE-Renal AKI:
 β€’ Hypovolemia
 β€’ Congestion
 β€’ Medications
 β€’
Kidney Injury (AKI ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Immune-mediated, Infection-mediated ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #nephrology
Causes of Facial Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Forehead Sparing = Central cause
  - Most commonly
- Differential Diagnosis ... of facial nerve palsy ... Unilateral: Bell's Palsy ... (70-75%), Infection ... Algorithm #Causes #neurology
Acute Kidney Injury - Classification
Prerenal:
 β€’ Dehydration
 β€’ Heart failure (a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome)
 β€’ Liver failure
disease - Post-infectious ... prolonged prerenal AKI ... Urinary tract infection ... Classification #diagnosis ... #nephrology
Stroke Mimics - Differential Diagnosis - MINT Mnemonic
 β€’ Metabolic: Hyper-glycemia, Hypoglycemia, Wernicke's encephalopathy, Mitochondrial Encephalopathy
- Differential Diagnosis ... Hypercarbia β€’ Infectious ... : Bell's palsy ( ... CNS abscess β€’ Neurologic ... MINT #Mnemonic #neurology
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Pre-Renal:
 β€’ Hypovolemia, Cardiorenal, Distributive Shock, HRS, Hypercalcemia, Renal
Kidney Injury (AKI ... - Differential Diagnosis ... AIN: Medication, Infection ... Medicine @SCVMCMed #AKI ... #nephrology #causes
Common causes of Acute Kidney Injury AKI - Differential Diagnosis
HEMODYNAMIC
 β€’ Cardiac failure: Impaired forward flow,
Kidney Injury AKI ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Post-infectious ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #nephrology
Causes of HyperKalemia - Differential Diagnosis
Increased extracellular K+:
 β€’ Tissue injury
 β€’ Hemolysis
 β€’ Rhabdomyolysis
 β€’
- Differential Diagnosis ... transfusion β€’ Error of injection ... Elimination: β€’ AKI ... blockers - MCW Nephrology ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Adie's Pupil
What? Unknown nature & benign
 β€’ Regular and mildly dilated pupil (4-6mm);
 β€’ Light-near dissociaton;
females Differential Diagnosis ... : β€’ CN Ill Palsy ... #PhysicalExam #neurology ... #ophthalmology
Etiologies of Peripheral Neuropathy
 β€’ Metabolic / Nutritional: DiabetesB12 deficiency, Uremia/ESRD, Hypothyroidism
 β€’ Medication-induced: ART, Antibiotics,
Chemotherapy β€’ Infectious ... β€’ Inflammatory/AI ... #differential #diagnosis ... #causes #neurology