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Causes of Hypokalemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Defining the cause of hypokalemia starts by measuring urinary K
Causes of Hypokalemia ... - Differential ... starts by measuring ... Bartter's syndrome, Gitelman's ... Liddle's syndrome, Congenital
Causes of Provoked Pediatric Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm - "DIMS" Mnemonic
Drugs:
 • Drug overdose
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Causes of Provoked ... Pediatric Seizures ... - Differential ... Hyperglycemia • Hypocalcemia ... • Tumours • Congenital
Hypokalemia Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hypertensive:
 • High Al, Low R - Primary aldosteronism
 • High Al, High
Hypokalemia Differential ... Liddle's Syndrome, Congenital ... Bartter's syndrome, Gitelman's ... #Differential # ... Algorithm #nephrology #causes
Hypokalemia Evaluation Algorithm

Before evaluating hypokalemia, life threatening complications such as arrhythmias and paralysis should be looked
wasting from other causes ... suggests extra-renal causes ... Liddle's syndrome, Congenital ... Bartter syndrome, Gitelman ... diagnosis #Algorithm #differential
Gitelman Syndrome Overview

What?
• Inherited (AR) hypokalemic salt-losing tubulopathies affecting the thiazide-sensitive sodium chloride cotransporter
• Gitelman's syndrome
Gitelman Syndrome ... cotransporter • Gitelman's ... Hypocalciuria (spot ... ratio 0.5%) Differential ... • Licorice • Congenital
Hypocalcemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm - Low and High PTH
LOW PTH - Hypoparathyroid
 - Congenital (Pediatric)
Hypocalcemia - Differential ... Hypoparathyroid - Congenital ... (Pediatric) ... Malabsorption • Short ... #Differential #
Bradycardia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

BRADI Mnemonic
 • BRASH/Hyperkalemia
 • Reduced oxygen/Glucose/Temp
 • ACS
 • Drugs
 •
Bradycardia - Differential ... Framework BRADI Mnemonic ... Myocarditis • Congenital ... #diagnosis #causes ... cardiology #BRADI #Mnemonic
Causes of Hypokalemia
Transcellular Shifts:
 - Alkalosis, Increased plasma insulin (treatment of diabetic ketoacidosis), ß-Adrenergic agonists, Hypokalemic
Causes of Hypokalemia ... periodic paralysis (congenital ... ), Thyrotoxic hypokalemic ... diuretic use), Gitelman's ... #Causes #differential
Causes of Pediatric Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Infantile:
 • Benign Focal Epilepsy of Infancy
 • West
Causes of Pediatric ... Seizures - Differential ... Hyperglycemia • Hypocalcemia ... • Tumours • Congenital ... #Peds #Pediatrics
Short Stature - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Normal Variant, Normal Puberty Onset (BA = CA)
 • Familial Short
Differential Diagnosis ... Hypothyroidism • Congenital ... #ShortStature #Differential ... endocrinology #causes ... #pediatrics