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Hypokalemia - Differential Diagnosis
Poor Intake 
 - Starvation
 - Anorexia
GI Losses 
 - Vomiting / NG
Hypokalemia - Differential ... NG drainage - Diarrhea ... Mineralocorticoid excess - Renal ... Potassium #Table #Classification ... #Causes
Classification, Differential Diagnosis, and Features of Hyponatremia According to Volume Status 

Hypervolemic hypernatremia 
 - CHF
Classification, ... Glucocorticoid deficit - Hypokalemia ... Drugs - SIADH Renal ... Vomiting - Diarrhea ... Diagnosis #Table #Causes
CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS 
OF ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY. 

Primary and secondary adrenal insufficiency:
 - Tiredness, weakness, mental depression
hypotension - Nausea ... , vomiting, diarrhea ... Hyperpigmentation - Hyperkalemia ... Insufficiency #Signs ... #Symptoms #Adrenal
Bedside Classification of Shock

Hypovolemic shock 

- Vomiting, diarrhea, overdiuresis 

- Hemorrhage (GI, peritoneal, RP) 

Distributive shock
Bedside Classification ... - Vomiting, diarrhea ... Septic shock - Adrenal ... #Cardiogenic #Comparison ... Diagnosis #Features #Signs
Hypomagnesemia - Etiologies by Mechanism

Decreased GI Uptake 
 - Poor dietary intake (particularly common in alcoholics)
losses - Chronic diarrhea ... / IBD Renal Loses ... Hypercalcemia - Hypokalemia ... Magnesium #Table #Classification ... #Causes #Workup
Clinical manifestations of anaphylaxis. 
Neurological (<15%): Dizziness, syncope, seizures, Confusion, impending doom. headache
Angioedema: Lips, tongue, orbit,
ischemia, arrhythmia, hypovolemia ... arrest GI (>40%): Nausea ... , vomiting, diarrhea ... #anaphylaxis #signs ... #symptoms #diagnosis
Extrapulmonary manifestations of COVID-19
 • Neurologic: Headaches, Dizziness, Encephalopathy, Guillain-Barré, Ageusia, Myalgia, Anosmia, Stroke
 • Renal:
Anosmia, Stroke • Renal ... Gastrointestinal: Diarrhea ... , Nausea/vomiting ... Extrapulmonary #Diagnosis #Signs ... #Symptoms #SARSCOV2
Heat Illnesses and Heat Stroke - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Heat Cramps:
 • Muscle pain or spasm -
→ Syncope • Signs ... /Symptoms: - Lightheadedness ... Abdominal cramps, N/V, diarrhea ... , Vomiting, Diarrhea ... - Hyperkalemia
Biphasic Illness of Leptospirosis
Some patients do not progress to severe disease. Others, rapidly develop severe disease
brief interval symptom ... rash • Others: nausea ... abdominal pain, diarrhea ... Weil's disease (renal ... Diagnosis #Illness #Signs
Causes of Hypokalemia
I. Decreased intake
   A. Starvation
   B. Clay ingestion
II. Redistribution into
Causes of Hypokalemia ... Gastrointestinal loss (diarrhea ... Renal 1. ... Low #Potassium #Classification ... #Causes