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Creatine Kinase - Causes of Elevated CK Levels
Acute CK Elevation (Pain > Weakness):
 • RHABDOMYOLYSIS
Kinase - Causes of Elevated ... alcohol - Medications ... Neuromuscular disorders ... #CK #differential ... #diagnosis #rhabdomyolysis
Mood Disorders - Depressed or Elevated Moods - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Major Depressive Disorder
 • 2 week
Depressed or Elevated ... Moods - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... #Depressed #Elevated ... #Differential #
Bipolar and Mania - Causes of Elevated Mood Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Bipolar I
• Manic Episode
Mood Disorders ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Hypomanic Episodes and Depressed ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #Algorithm
Causes of Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Disorders - Differential Diagnosis and Workup
History:
 - Prior platelet count, family
- Differential ... Diagnosis and Workup ... family history - Medications ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #Causes
Causes of Hypomagnesemia
Redistribution:
 - IV glucose
 - Correction of diabetic ketoacidosis
 - IV hyperalimentation
 - Refeeding
tacrolimus) Endocrine disorders ... Hypomagnesemia #Causes #diagnosis ... #differential # ... medications #drugs ... #pharmacology #
Schematic representation of the major sources of ammonia production and its excretory pathway (GI = gastrointestinal,
of ammonia and decreased ... Inherited Urea Cycle Disorders ... ileal conduit - Medications ... Hyperammonemia #Differential ... #Diagnosis
Vitamin B12 (Cobalamin) Deficiency
Etiology:
 • Vit B12 - aka cobalamin. Present in foods derived from animal
Common Causes - decreased ... gastric acidity, medications ... dysfunction, and/or disorders ... have spuriously elevated ... consider other diagnosis
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
- Reflexes: decreased ... bouts of HTN Diagnostic ... CSF pleocytosis, elevated ... infectious myelitis - Elevated ... management #neurology #differential
Diuretics and Agents Regulating Renal Excretion

Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors (Acetazolamide, Dichlorphenamide)
 • Glaucoma
 • Epilepsy
 • Altitude
(Mannitol) • Elevated ... disequilibrium syndrome • Diagnosis ... specific bleeding disorders ... Diuresis #Nephrology #Pharmacology ... #Medications #Table
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
Lactic Acidosis - Differential ... Diagnosis The ... muscle use • Decreased ... - HIV/HAART medications ... Acidosis #Elevation #Differential