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Hyperglycemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Diabetes Mellitus:
 • Impaired Glucose Tolerance
 • Type I Diabetes
 • Type
• Cushing's Syndrome ... Surgery, Burns, Sepsis ... ) • Shock • ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #endocrinology ... #causes
Causes of Depressed / Lethargic Newborn - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Maternal Related:
 • Drugs (Ex. SSRI)
 •
Causes of Depressed ... Lethargic Newborn - Differential ... Respiratory Distress Syndrome ... Aspiration • Sepsis ... • Anemia • Shock
Causes, classification and compensatory responses to shock.

Shock can be caused by any pathological process that leads
Shock can be caused ... for example, in sepsis ... The cause of shock ... is often clinically ... #Differential #
Jaundice - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pre-Hepatic - Unconjugated Hyperbilirubinemia
Increased Production
 • Hemolysis
 • Ineffective Erythropoiesis
 • Hematoma
Decreased
Jaundice - Differential ... Hepatic Uptake • Sepsis ... • Gilbert's Syndrome ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes ... #Hepatology #bilirubinemia
Elevated Transaminases / Transaminitis - Differential Diagnosis

 • Infectious: HAV, HCV, HEV, EBV, HSV, CMV
 •
Transaminitis - Differential ... HELLP • Trauma: Shock ... Vascular: Budd-chiari syndrome ... #Diagnosis #causes ... #hepatology
Causes of Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis
Hepatocellular - Liver Parenchyma
 • Infectious: Hepatitis C, A,
Causes of Acute ... Liver Injury - Differential ... obstruction, HELLP Syndrome ... Hepatic Artery: Shock ... Acute #algorithm #hepatology
Causes of Portal Hypertension According to Site of Vascular Obstruction
1) Prehepatic pre-sinusoidal: Portal vein thrombosis due
Causes of Portal ... thrombosis due to sepsis ... post-sinusoidal: Budd-Chiari syndrome ... portalhypertension #phtn #differential ... #hepatology
Causes of Thrombocytopenia - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Decreased Production:
 - Drugs (chemo, yang, sulfa, acetaminophen, NSAIDs, quinine,
Causes of Thrombocytopenia ... - Differential ... - Bacterial: Sepsis ... antiphospholipid syndrome ... Diagnosis #Framework #hematology
Shock - Differential Diagnosis Framework
MAP = CO x SVR
Hypovolemic (↓ Intravascular volume):
 • Hemorrhage, dehydration due
Shock - Differential ... findings based on cause ... Vascular tone): • Sepsis ... anaphylaxis, release syndrome ... #Differential #
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
osmolarity If cause ... investigations depending on clinical ... Abdominal compartment syndrome ... • Cardio-renal syndrome ... Diagnosis #nephrology #causes