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Hypocalcemia Laboratory Evaluation

Serum levels of PTH, phosphorus, 25-hydroxyvitamin D, and 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D can help differentiate between
dihydroxyvitamin D can help differentiate ... between disorders ... Hypoparathyroidism - Calcium-sensing ... Hyperparathyroidism #Diagnosis #Endocrinology ... #Differential
Hypocalcemia Workup - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Low Magnesium, High Magnesium - Functional Hypoparathyroidism
 • High
Hypocalcemia Workup - Differential ... , Infiltrative disorders ... deficiency • Drugs: Calcium ... Hyperphosphatemia, Acute ... Pancreatitis, Sepsis
Joint Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Monoarthritis
 • Septic
 • Crystalline
     - Gout
Joint Disorders ... - Differential Diagnosis ... “Pseudogout” - Calcium ... Reiter’s syndrome) Aseptic ... #msk #Differential
Causes of Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy (SUDI) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Congenital Anomaly / Disorder:
 •
Infancy (SUDI) - Differential ... Congenital Anomaly / Disorder ... • Metabolic Disorders ... Pneumonia • Sepsis ... Accidental* Other: • Acute
Hyperglycemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Diabetes Mellitus:
 • Impaired Glucose Tolerance
 • Type I Diabetes
 • Type
Hyperglycemia - Differential ... Surgery, Burns, Sepsis ... • Shock • Acute ... #HighGlucose #Differential ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #endocrinology
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Acute Kidney Injury ... Algorithm and Differential ... blood count with differential ... ultrasonography, serum calcium ... cardiac imaging #Acute
Hyperuricemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Primary - Over-production
     • Increased turnover of nucleotides
Primary
Hyperuricemia - Differential ... Lymphoproliferative Disorders ... • Acute Lymphoblastic ... (ALL) • Acute ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #endocrinology
Causes of Hypercalcemia
Parathyroid gland structure-related
 • Primary hyperparathyroidism
 • Parathyroid adenoma
 • Parathyroid hyperplasia
 • Parathyroid
Lithium use • Calcium-sensing ... Vitamin D metabolic disorders ... Hypercalcemia #Causes #endocrinology ... #diagnosis #differential
Causes of Hypercalcemia
Parathyroid hormone–dependent
Primary hyperparathyroidism
Familial hypocalciuric hypercalcemia
Lithium-associated
Tertiary hyperparathyroidism
Genetic disorders (e.g., multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 or
hyperparathyroidism Genetic disorders ... Renal failure, acute ... Hypercalcemia #Causes #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Endocrinology
Causes of Hypomagnesemia
Redistribution:
 - IV glucose
 - Correction of diabetic ketoacidosis
 - IV hyperalimentation
 - Refeeding
starvation - Acute ... sweating, burns, sepsis ... tacrolimus) Endocrine disorders ... Causes #diagnosis #differential