Dr. Gerald Diaz @GeraldMD
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Reflex Testing - Causes of Hyporeflexia and Hyperreflexia Focal Hyporeflexia: • Radiculopathy, Mononeuropathy, Polyneuropathy, Acute stroke,
Guillain-Barré syndrome ... Hyperthyroidism, Serotonin syndrome ... #differential # ... diagnosis #table ... #neurology
Etiologies of Peripheral Neuropathy • Metabolic / Nutritional: DiabetesB12 deficiency, Uremia/ESRD, Hypothyroidism • Medication-induced: ART, Antibiotics,
Chemotherapy • Infectious ... CIDP, Guillain-Barre ... Peripheral #Neuropathy #differential ... #diagnosis #causes ... #neurology
Common causes of Acute Kidney Injury AKI - Differential Diagnosis HEMODYNAMIC • Cardiac failure: Impaired forward flow,
Common causes of ... Acute Kidney Injury ... AKI - Differential ... inhibitors, hepatorenal syndrome ... Post-infectious
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework Pre-Renal: • Hypovolemia, Cardiorenal, Distributive Shock, HRS, Hypercalcemia, Renal
Acute Kidney Injury ... (AKI) - Differential ... Abdominal Compartment Syndrome ... AIN: Medication, Infection ... #causes #algorithm
Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness • Spinal Cord: Demyelinating Disease (MS), Epidural abscess, Infarction, Syringomyelia, Tetanus, Transverse
Causes of Neuromuscular ... Poliomyelitis, Guillain-Barre ... heavy metals), Critical ... #differential # ... diagnosis #neurology
Generalized Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Framework "l feel weak": • Infectious: Influenza, EBV, PNA, Bacteremia, Sepsis •
Generalized Weakness - Differential ... Bacteremia, Sepsis • Kidneys ... Rhabdomyolysis, Critical ... #Diagnosis #causes ... #neurology
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Acute Kidney Injury ... osmolarity If cause ... investigations depending on clinical ... • Cardio-renal syndrome ... #causes
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness Epidemiology: • Incidence: 1
Guillain-Barré Syndrome ... Incidence: 1 to 2 cases ... transplantation CLINICAL ... and cauda equina TREATMENT ... #management #neurology
Hematuria in Post-Renal Transplant Patient Prevalence up to 12% in the postrenal transplant patient • Bacterial: Escherichia
: Secondary to infections ... (Goodpasture's syndrome ... Renal #Transplant #differential ... urine #management #treatment ... #nephrology
Urinary Casts and Disease Associations Hyaline - May be nonspecific; seen in normal individuals or during severe
broad - Advanced kidney ... Urinary tract infections ... Fatty - Nephrotic syndrome ... edgarvlermamd - Nephrology ... #Differential #
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