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Hypophosphatemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Transcellular Shift
 • Recovery From DKA
 • Refeeding Syndrome
 • Acute Respiratory
Alkalosis • Hypokalemia ... • Small bowel diarrhea ... Inflammatory Bowel Disease ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #endocrinology ... #causes
Classification, Differential Diagnosis, and Features of Hyponatremia According to Volume Status 

Hypervolemic hypernatremia 
 - CHF
syndrome - Acute ... chronic kidney disease ... Vomiting - Diarrhea ... #Diagnosis #Table ... #Causes
Hypokalemia - Differential Diagnosis
Poor Intake 
 - Starvation
 - Anorexia
GI Losses 
 - Vomiting / NG
Hypokalemia - Differential ... NG drainage - Diarrhea ... #Differential # ... Low #Potassium #Table ... Classification #Causes
Causes of Acute Infectious Diarrhea
Noninflammatory Diarrhea
Viral - Noroviruses, astrovirus, adenovirus, Rotavirus, sapovirus
Protozoal - Giardia lamblia, Cryptosporidium,
Causes of Acute ... Infectious Diarrhea ... #Causes #Acute ... #Infectious #differential ... #diagnosis #table
The 9 Ds of Weight loss in the Elderly
 - Dementia
 - Depression
 - Disease (acute
Depression - Disease ... (acute and chronic ... Dysgeusia - Diarrhea ... #Elderly #Ds #Differential ... Diagnosis #Geriatrics #Causes
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Chronic Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Exclude:
1. Causes of acute diarrhea
2. Lactose intolerance
3.
Evaluation of Chronic Diarrhea ... Causes of acute ... diarrhea 2. ... Systemic disease ... workup #diagnosis #differential
Causes of Hyponatremia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hypovolemia, UNa > 20: 
 • Renal losses, Diuretic excess,
Causes of Hyponatremia ... - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm Hypovolemia ... losses, Vomiting, Diarrhea ... UNa > 20: • Acute
Causes of High-anion Gap and Non-anion Gap Metabolic Acidosis
Causes of High-anion Gap Acidosis:
 • Lactic acidosis
Renal failure (acute ... Diarrhea B. ... Hypokalemia ... progressive kidney disease ... Metabolic #Acidosis #differential
Shock - Differential Diagnosis by Classification

Hypovolemic (Intravascular volume depletion)
 - Hemorrhagic 
   • Trauma
Shock - Differential ... • Severe diarrhea ... contractility) - Acute ... exacerbation (any cause ... Classification #Table
Hypomagnesemia - Etiologies by Mechanism

Decreased GI Uptake 
 - Poor dietary intake (particularly common in alcoholics)
losses - Chronic diarrhea ... Hypercalcemia - Hypokalemia ... Hypomagnesemia #Differential ... Low #Magnesium #Table ... Classification #Causes