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Approach to Acid Base Disorders - Evaluation and Differential Diagnosis
1) Start with the Anion Gap (AG).
2)
the chronicity (acute ... , chronic, or acute ... Obstructive Lung Disease ... Neuromuscular Disease ... Disorders #Evaluation #workup
Toluene Poisoning - Diagnosis and Management Summary
What is it?  Volatile hydrocarbon, Glue or paint-sniffing, Occupational
: CNS depression ... Early raised AG acidosis ... normal anion gap acidosis ... may be ↑ or ↓ Treatment ... Diagnosis #Management #Treatment
Workup for Hyperphosphatemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Rule out spurious hyperphosphatemia: paraproteinemia, hyperlipidemia, hemolysis, hyperbilirubinemia, liposomal amphotericin
Workup for Hyperphosphatemia ... t-PA, heparin Acute ... Shift: • Lactic acidosis ... , DKA Kidney Disease ... Diagnosis #Framework #Workup
Pediatric Vomiting - Gastrointestinal and Systemic Causes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hepatobiliary:
 • Acute Hepatitis
 • Acute
Pediatric Vomiting ... Hepatobiliary: • Acute ... Hepatitis • Acute ... Intracranial Pressure (CNS ... #Causes #Peds #Pediatrics
Acute and Chronic Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis
Pulmonary/Chest Wall:
 • Acute: Trauma, COPD exacerbation, Asthma
hernia, Obesity CNS ... Neuromuscular disease ... Glycogen storage disease ... Mitochondrial disease ... Chronic: Metabolic acidosis
Non-ACS Myocardial Injury - Elevated Troponin Differential Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm

 • Chronic Myocardial Injury: End
Diagnosis and Workup ... End Stage Renal Disease ... Structural Heart Disease ... Metabolic (ie acidosis ... Distribution: Acute
Treatment Schema for Standard-Risk Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Induction: 
 • Vincristine, Steroid (dexamethasone), L-Asparaginase, Intrathecal (IT) methotrexate
Consolidation
Treatment Schema ... Standard-Risk Acute ... Consolidation & CNS ... Cytarabine #ALL #Acute ... timeline #oncology #pediatrics
Relapsing Acute Severe Ulcerative Colitis - Management Algorithm
Loss of Response:
 • (Re)consult Colorectal Surgery
 • Assess
Relapsing Acute ... consult Colorectal Surgery ... Adherence • Assess Disease ... ≠ Treatment Failure ... Algorithm #IBD #Treatment
Summary of actions of some Cholinergic Agonists

Bethanechol 
• Used in treatment of urinary retention 
• Binds
Bethanechol • Used in treatment ... during ocular surgery ... for Alzheimer's disease ... moderate to severe disease ... in ophthalmic surgery
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Acute or chronic ... ↓ ↓ Metabolic Acidosis ... Compensation, Acute ... : - CNS depression ... restrictive lung disease