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Lactic Acidosis Classification - Type A vs Type B
Type A Lactic Acidosis: Sepsis, Ischemic bowel, Hemorrhagic
Classification - ... Acidosis: Sepsis ... : Liver Disease, ... #Classification ... diagnosis #differential
Non-ACS Myocardial Injury - Elevated Troponin Differential Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm

 • Chronic Myocardial Injury: End
- Elevated Troponin ... Differential Diagnosis ... Shock, Hypoxemia, Anemia ... Metabolic (ie acidosis ... #Differential #
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
- Differential ... or renal injury ... 30mmHg) - Severe anemia ... Injury: • Reduced ... #typeb #classification
Shock Classification and Differential Diagnosis
SHOCK
 • MAP <65, SBP <90, drop in SBP > 40
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and Differential ... / Low SVR • Sepsis ... Insufficiency, Liver ... Medications, Spinal Cord Injury ... Diagnosis #Types
Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Type A: Impaired O2 Delivery (DO2)
 • Decreased O2 Delivery: Hypotension
- Differential Diagnosis ... Shock, Severe Anemia ... Clearance: Systemic liver ... Malaria, Late Sepsis ... #Differential #
Causes of Hyperferritinemia - Differential Diagnosis
Ferritin > 1000
Ferritin is the storage form of iron. Increased hepcidin
is made in the liver ... Hepatocellular injury ... Hematologic Malignancy ... inflammatory causes of elevated ... Sideroblastic anemia
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
Skin Disease Classification ... permanent alopecia Differential ... Kikuchi disease • Type-I ... sediment, and elevated ... , APLA, PAC • Aseptic
Causes of Hyperkalemia
l. Pseudohyperkalemia
  A Cellular efflux; thrombocytosis, erythrocytosis, leukocytosis, in vitro hemolysis
  B.
Acidosis B. ... neuromuscular injury ... ), sickle cell anemia ... #Hyperkalemia #Differential ... High #Potassium #Classification
Differential Diagnosis: New-Onset Seizure in the Elderly

STRUCTURAL:
 • Stroke/TIA, Subdural hematoma, mass
 • Traumatic Brain Injury
Differential Diagnosis ... Traumatic Brain Injury ... Brain abscess • Sepsis ... Patients with all types ... Dementias: May also elevate
Elevated Globulin - Protein Gap (Total Protein - Albumin > 4)

Work-up of an Elevated Globulin Gap:
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Sarcoidosis) • Liver ... Thalassemia, Sickle cell anemia ... Comment on type ... Gap #ProteinGap #differential ... #diagnosis #hematology