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Causes of Intrauterine Growth Restriction / Small for Gestational Age - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Fetal Factors:
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Causes of Intrauterine ... Hypoxemia • Pulmonary ... • Folic acid ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Chronic inflammation causes ... Most Common Causes ... • Pulmonary artery ... for bacteria and Acid ... fast) • Pulmonary
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Acid Base Disorders ... Acetazolamide Causes ... Classically” noted with pulmonary ... - Salicylates Causes ... ABG #bloodgas #Acid
Differential Diagnosis of Respiratory Acid-Base Disorders
Alkalosis
A. Central nervous system stimulation: Pain, Anxiety, psychosis, Fever, Cerebrovascular accident,
of Respiratory Acid-Base ... altitude, Pneumonia, pulmonary ... Cardiac failure, Pulmonary ... differential #diagnosis #causes
Causes of Myoclonus - Differential Diagnosis
LOCALIZATION:
 • Cortical: Focal/multifocal: Distal UL+ Face, Action/sensitive induced
 • Sub-Cortical:
Causes of Myoclonus ... hepatic, septic, pulmonary ... ), acid-base, opioids ... Differential #Diagnosis #Causes
Diuretics and Agents Regulating Renal Excretion

Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors (Acetazolamide, Dichlorphenamide)
 • Glaucoma
 • Epilepsy
 • Altitude
Bumetanide, Ethacrynic acid ... Torsemide) • Acute pulmonary ... Kidney stones caused
High Anion Gap Metabolic Acidosis (HAGMA) - Mnemonics
Why should we switch from MUDPILES to GOLDMARK?
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toxins that can cause ... Three new organic acids ... and acid precursors ... recognized as causes
Hyperuricemia: Pathogenesis and Complications

 - Hypercalcemia (due to diseases like Sarcoidosis and Hyperparathyroidism) -> Accumulation of
to filter uric acid ... like lactic acid ... and keto-acids) ... secretion of uric acid ... Release of purine bases
Pathways Involved in Protein and Amino Acid Metabolism in Chronic Kidney Disease. The tricarboxylic acid (TCA)
Protein and Amino Acid ... tricarboxylic acid ... metabolize amino acids ... products of amino acid ... oxidation of amino acids
Summary of Oncologic Emergencies

Neutropenic fever:
- Fever + ANC < 500 → start cefepime ± vancomycin (if
Phos, high uric acid ... rasburicase if uric acid ... Treat underlying cause ... renal failure, pulmonary