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Causes of High-anion Gap and Non-anion Gap Metabolic Acidosis
Causes of High-anion Gap Acidosis:
 • Lactic acidosis
Ketoacidosis: Diabetic ... Drug-induced hyperkalemia ... ACE-Is and ARBs ... #NonGap #Metabolic ... #differential #diagnosis
DKA DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA:
1. Serum glucose >250 mg/dL
2. Arterial pH <7.3
3. Serum bicarbonate <18 mEq/L
4. At least
DKA DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA ... significant anion gap metabolic ... production, the rate of metabolism ... Continue insulin ... diabeticketoacidosis #aniongap
Pediatric Vomiting - Gastrointestinal and Systemic Causes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hepatobiliary:
 • Acute Hepatitis
 • Acute
- Differential Diagnosis ... malrotation Endocrine/Metabolic ... Pregnancy • Diabetes ... Labrynthitis Psychiatric ... : • Self-Induced
Hyperkalemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

PseudoHyperkalemia:
 • Lab error
 • Traumatic venipuncture
 • Hemolysis, thrombocytosis, leukocytosis
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• NSAIDs • ACE ... (Uncontrolled diabetes ... infusions) - Metabolic ... paralysis - Insulin ... #causes #potassium
Hyperkalemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

PseudoHyperkalemia:
 • Lab error
 • Traumatic venipuncture
 • Hemolysis, thrombocytosis, leukocytosis
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• NSAIDs • ACE ... (Uncontrolled diabetes ... infusions) - Metabolic ... paralysis - Insulin ... #causes #potassium
Diuretics and Agents Regulating Renal Excretion

Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors (Acetazolamide, Dichlorphenamide)
 • Glaucoma
 • Epilepsy
 • Altitude
resistance • Metabolic ... disequilibrium syndrome • Diagnosis ... Kidney stones caused ... syndrome • Lithium-induced ... Diuresis #Nephrology #Pharmacology
Pheochromocytoma - Diagnosis and Management Summary
10 percent rule = 10% of pheochromocytomas are extra-adrenal, multiple, bilateral,
leukocytosis, psychiatric ... similar to stress-induced ... in carbohydrate metabolism ... (insulin resistance ... apparent type 2 diabetes
Nausea and Vomiting - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Upper Gastrointestinal - Acute
 • Infectious Gastroenteritis
 • Gastric/Duodenal Obstruction
Pancreatitis Endocrine/Metabolic ... Pregnancy • Diabetes ... Méniére's Disease Psychiatric ... • Self-Induced ... #Algorithm #Causes
Medications Contributing to Dysgeusia

Antimicrobial medicines	Macrolides, fluoroquinolones, ampicillin, metronidazole, tetracycline, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, amphotericin B, terbinafine and other antimycotic
Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE ... anti-depressants Psychiatric ... #Drugs #Causes ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Pharmacology