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Folate Deficiency - Causes of Decreased Folic Acid
↓ Intake: Diet, Age, Alcohol
↑ Demand: Pregnancy, Infancy, Hemolysis,
Folate Deficiency ... - Causes of Decreased ... drkeithsiau #Folate #Deficiency ... #FolicAcid #differential ... #diagnosis #nutrition
Causes of Depressed / Lethargic Newborn - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Maternal Related:
 • Drugs (Ex. SSRI)
 •
Causes of Depressed ... Lethargic Newborn - Differential ... Congenital Heart Defect ... Hypoglycemia #Depressed ... Algorithm #Causes #Peds
Causes of Bleeding / Bruising - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Thrombocytopenia - Quantitative Defect
 • Decreased Production
 •
Bleeding / Bruising - Differential ... - Quantitative Defect ... • Decreased Production ... - Qualitative Defect ... Bleeding #Bruising #Differential
Causes of Copper Deficiency - Differential Diagnosis
Hereditary: 
 - Menkes disease, familial hypoceruloplasminemia
Decreased / Inadequate Intake:
Causes of Copper Deficiency ... - Differential ... hypoceruloplasminemia Decreased ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #nutrition
Pathologic / Fragility Fractures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Tumours
 - See Bone Lesions Scheme
Paget's Disease
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Fragility Fractures - Differential ... • Vitamin D Deficiency ... Mineralization Defect ... • Phosphate Deficiency ... Disease • Poor Nutrition
Causes of Polyneuropathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Metabolic: DM, Hypothyroidism, CKD, Cirrhosis, Nutritional deficiency
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Polyneuropathy - Differential ... CKD, Cirrhosis, Nutritional ... deficiency • Toxic ... : EtOH, Meds, Heavy ... Polyneuropathy #Differential
Etiologies of Folate Deficiency
 • Decreased dietary intake - uncommon in this era
 • Increased requirements
Etiologies of Folate Deficiency ... • Decreased dietary ... develop folate deficiency ... #FolicAcid #differential ... diagnosis #hematology #nutrition
Thiamine Deficiency - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Clinical Manifestations

Causes of Thiamine Deficiency:
 • Poor intake:
	- Diets
Thiamine Deficiency ... - Differential ... reduction - Decreased ... Manifestations #Differential ... syndromes #beriberi #nutrition
Bleeding and Bruising - Disorders of Hemostasis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

== Quantitative or Qualitative defect in
of Hemostasis - Differential ... or Qualitative defect ... • Factor XIII deficiency ... Ehlers Danlos Nutrition ... Bruising #Hemostasis #Differential
Micronutrient Deficiencies After Gastric Bypass
Fat-Soluble Vitamins:
 • Vitamin A - Night/complete blindness, xeropthalmia (pathologic dryness of
anemia, cognitive deficits ... blindness, dermatitis, decreased ... Bypass #vitamin #nutrition ... #table #differential