Ravi Singh K @rav7ks
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Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis and Management Summary

Trauma:
 • Immobilization, Crush iniury, Compartment syndrome, Electrical injury
Exertional:
 •
Differential Diagnosis ... Dermatomyositis) AKI - Pathophysiology ... oxidative iniury Treatment ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #Management
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management Summary

Causes of Rhabdomyolysis:
 • Trauma:
	- Immobilization
	- Crush injury
	- Compartment
Rhabdomyolysis - ... Differential Diagnosis ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #Management ... #nephrology
Differential Diagnosis for Transient Confusion -  6 S Approach:

• Sugar
• Syncope
• Seizure
• Stroke
• Substances
• Sleepiness

#AMS
Differential Diagnosis ... Sleepiness #AMS ... Transient #confusion #differential ... #diagnosis #neurology
Dysphagia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Symptom | Diagnosis
• Solid-food dysphagia present for months to years | Mechanical
Dysphagia - Differential ... • Muscular or neurologic ... disorder → EGD Treatment ... #Dysphagia #Differential ... #gastroenterology
Refeeding Syndrome Overview

What Is It?
	• Electrolyte/fluid shifts caused by initiation of nutrition in severely malnourished patient.
Paresthesias • Rhabdomyolysis ... hyperparathyroidism Treatment ... Syndrome #Nutrition #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Pathophysiology
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
lateral sclerosis Pathophysiology ... conditions listed in differential ... diagnosis column ... Treatment: - Multidisciplinary ... Lateral #Sclerosis #neurology
BEE Syndromes - Immune-mediated conditions affecting the brain, eye, and ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in conjunction
is important, as ... and treatment can ... BEE #Syndromes #neurology ... #inflammatory #differential ... #diagnosis
Statin Induced Muscle Toxicity - Summary

Clinical Presentation:
 • Elevations of serum creatine kinase with proximal myalgia
• Myositis • Rhabdomyolysis ... Inflammatory myopathy, rhabdomyolysis ... myopathies such as ... Atorvastatin Diagnosis ... toxicity #myopathy #diagnosis
Heat Illnesses and Heat Stroke - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Heat Cramps:
 • Muscle pain or spasm -
Heat Stroke - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... Collapse: • Pathophysiology ... heat #illness #differential ... #diagnosis #causes
Hyperkalemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

PseudoHyperkalemia:
 • Lab error
 • Traumatic venipuncture
 • Hemolysis, thrombocytosis, leukocytosis
 •
Hyperkalemia - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... lysis syndrome - Rhabdomyolysis ... #hyperkalemia #differential ... #diagnosis #causes