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Causes of Depressed / Lethargic Newborn - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Maternal Related:
 • Drugs (Ex. SSRI)
 •
Causes of Depressed ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Congenital Heart Defect ... Aspiration • Sepsis ... #Causes #Peds #
Hyperglycemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Diabetes Mellitus:
 • Impaired Glucose Tolerance
 • Type I Diabetes
 • Type
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Trauma, Surgery, ... Burns, Sepsis) ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... endocrinology #causes
Childhood Immunization Schedule: Why we immunize
 • Diphtheria Toxin -> URT inflammation causes pseudomembrane with hardened
replicates within CNS ... , altered LOC; septic ... CNS and hematologic ... cataracts, cardiac defects ... direct contact & infects
Causes of Thrombocytosis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Spurious:
 • Artifact (redo CBC)
Autonomous:
 • Essential thrombocytosis
 • Polycythemia
Causes of Thrombocytosis ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Damage: • Post-op surgery ... effect following treatment ... #Causes #Hematology
Hypocalcemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Low Serum Mg: GI losses, Renal losses, Alcoholism, Malnutrition, Drug-Induced
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... (i.e. thyroid surgery ... sunlight • Other Causes ... pancreatitis, Sepsis ... #causes
Summary of actions of some Cholinergic Agonists

Bethanechol 
• Used in treatment of urinary retention 
• Binds
Bethanechol • Used in treatment ... during ocular surgery ... and cardiac effects ... effects of atropine ... in ophthalmic surgery
Purpura - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Non-blanchable, dark red to purple, hemorrhagic skin lesions that result from leakage
Thrombocytopenia • Platelet defects ... PURPURA: Platelet Defects ... Splenomegaly - CTD ... syndrome Coagulation Defects ... Cholesterol emboli • Septic
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
shock/hypoxemia/Sepsis ... regional ischemia, surgery ... syndrome - Sepsis ... B3: Hereditary Defects ... myopathies - Defects
Hypoglycemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Fasting Hypoglycemia:
 • Excess Insulin
 • Medications (e.g. Insulin Secretagogues, ß-Adrenergic Antagonists,
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... setting of Gastric Surgery ... Idiopathic Other Causes ... Cardiac Failure) • Sepsis ... endocrinology #causes
Cardiorenal Syndrome (CRS) Types
 • Type 1 - Acute CRS: Alteration of renal perfusion is the
Cardiorenal Syndrome (CRS ... Type 1 - Acute CRS ... induced renal effects ... shifts may be in cause ... #Types #cardiology