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Causes of Falls in the Elderly - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
- Intrinsic Factors - 
Presyncope / Syncope
the Elderly - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Polypharmacy - esp. > 4 medications ... Falls #Elderly #Geriatrics ... #Differential #
The 9 Ds of Weight loss in the Elderly
 - Dementia
 - Depression
 - Disease (acute
Depression - Disease (acute ... - Diarrhea - Drugs ... #Elderly #Ds #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Geriatrics
Neonatal Resuscitation – Circulation and Drugs
Consider drugs (k) if heart rate beats/min in spite of adequate
Consider drugs ... vasoconstriction may have had acute ... haemorrhage or acute ... #Medications #Pharmacology ... management #peds #pediatrics
Medications causing Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration: Diuretics
 • Altered intrarenal autoregulation: ACEIs / ARBs,
Medications causing ... Acute Kidney Injury ... #Drugs #pharmacology ... #differential # ... diagnosis
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

PRE-Renal AKI:
 • Hypovolemia
 • Congestion
 • Medications
 •
Acute Kidney Injury ... (AKI) - Differential ... Congestion • Medications ... Infection-mediated, Drug-induced ... #Diagnosis #nephrology
Mechanisms of Drug-Induced Hyperkalemia 
 • Direct renin inhibitor (Aliskiren)
 • Renin release inhibition (NSAIDs, Beta-Blockers)
Mechanisms of Drug-Induced ... #hyperkalemia #differential ... #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #pharmacology # ... potassium #medications
Pediatric Vomiting - Gastrointestinal and Systemic Causes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hepatobiliary:
 • Acute Hepatitis
 • Acute
Pediatric Vomiting ... Systemic Causes - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Tract Infection Drugs ... #Causes #Peds #Pediatrics
Numerous drugs taken by elderly persons can affect water balance by direct action on the kidney
Numerous drugs taken ... #Diagnosis #Pharmacology ... #Geriatrics #Hyponatremia ... #Medications #DrugInduced ... #List #Differential
Causes of Hypomagnesemia
Redistribution:
 - IV glucose
 - Correction of diabetic ketoacidosis
 - IV hyperalimentation
 - Refeeding
starvation - Acute ... Hypomagnesemia #Causes #diagnosis ... #differential # ... medications #drugs ... #pharmacology #
Causes of High-anion Gap and Non-anion Gap Metabolic Acidosis
Causes of High-anion Gap Acidosis:
 • Lactic acidosis
Renal failure (acute ... ACE-Is and ARBs ... Metabolic #Acidosis #differential ... #diagnosis #causes ... #nephrology