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Etiologies of Hypernatremia - Differential Diagnosis
GI losses / Insensible losses
Sodium Overload
Transcellular Movement of Water
Central Diabetes Insipidus
- Differential Diagnosis ... Water Central Diabetes ... disorders Nephrogenic Diabetes ... Various renal diseases ... #Table #Causes
Diuretics and Agents Regulating Renal Excretion

Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors (Acetazolamide, Dichlorphenamide)
 • Glaucoma
 • Epilepsy
 • Altitude
disequilibrium syndrome • Diagnosis ... • Nephrogenic diabetes ... Lithium-induced nephrogenic diabetes ... DDAVP) • Central diabetes ... #Medications #Table
Summary of characteristic abnormalities of selected glomerular diseases
Light Microscopy (LM) - Immunofluorescence Microscopy (IM) - Electron
Summary of characteristic ... selected glomerular diseases ... glomerulosclerosis • Diabetic ... pathology #comparison #table ... #diagnosis #microscopy
GLP-1 Receptor Agonists - Pharmacology Summary
Mechanisms of Action: Stimulate glucose-dependent insulin release from the pancreas (GLP-1
- Pharmacology Summary ... Ozempic), or daily tablet ... atherosclerotic heart disease ... #Pharmacology #Summary ... #DM2 #diabetes
Characteristics of Common Lipid Disorders
Polygenic hypercholesterolemia
Atherogenic dyslipidemia
 • Frequently accompanied by central obesity or diabetes
Familial hypercholesterolemia,
central obesity or diabetes ... lipid #disorders #diseases ... #comparison #table ... #defects #diagnosis
Shock - Differential Diagnosis by Classification
Reflex Syncope 
 - Vasovagal syncope
   • Prolonged standing
- Differential Diagnosis ... • Parkinson’s disease ... • Diabetes ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... Classification #Table
Interpretation of Ankle-Brachial Index Results #Diabetes #Peripheral #Arterial #Disease #Diagnosis #ArterialInjury #ABI #AnkleBrachialIndex #Table #Evaluation
Index Results #Diabetes ... Peripheral #Arterial #Disease ... #Diagnosis #ArterialInjury ... AnkleBrachialIndex #Table
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
- Differential Diagnosis ... Ketoacidosis (starvation, diabetic ... restrictive lung disease ... Interpretation #Diagnosis ... #Summary #Nephrology
Abnormal liver function tests algorithm.
 This figure details the initial response to abnormal liver blood tests.
Areas of diagnostic ... alcohol-related liver disease ... aminotransferase; BMI ... non-alcoholic fatty liver disease ... ; T2DM, type 2 diabetes
Hypersensitivity Types and Their Mechanisms
Type I - lgE - Soluble antigen
 - Allergen-specific lgE antibodies bind
during hemolytic disease ... dermatitis, type I diabetes ... Pathophysiology #Allergy #Diagnosis ... #Reactions #Table