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Hypokalemia - Differential Diagnosis
Poor Intake 
 - Starvation
 - Anorexia
GI Losses 
 - Vomiting / NG
type 4) - Salt wasting ... Differential #Diagnosis #Low ... #Potassium #Table ... #Classification ... #Causes
Hypomagnesemia - Etiologies by Mechanism

Decreased GI Uptake 
 - Poor dietary intake (particularly common in alcoholics)
Familial renal Mg wasting ... Differential #Diagnosis #Low ... #Magnesium #Table ... #Classification ... #Causes #Workup
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
are typically able ... treat the primary cause ... patient before making ... cardiology #clinica l#foamed ... #algorithm #criticalcare
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
are typically able ... treat the primary cause ... patient before making ... #diagnosis #algorithm ... #criticalcare #foamed
Amyloidosis - Summary
Group of disorders associated with extracellular deposition of fibrils formed from low-molecular-weight proteins in
deposition of fibrils formed ... from low-molecular-weight ... Cardiac: • LVH, low-voltage ... hypoadrenalism • Nausea ... • Diagnostic imaging
Physiologic Approach to Hypotonic Hyponatremia
The next time you have a case of hypotonic hyponatremia, give the
time you have a case ... normal volume-based algorithm ... can be high or low ... Cerebral Salt Wasting ... differential #diagnosis #table
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
Imaging and more ... the determined cause ... #differential #algorithm ... cardiology #treatment #table ... #foamed #heartfailure
How much radiation is used in paediatric radiology examinations compared to other exposures?

Estimated dose - Days
How much radiation ... Radiation #Doses #Imaging ... #ChestXRay #CXR ... Nuclear #Comparison #Table ... #Risks #Testing
The crusade against “Ab”Normal Saline continues.  This is a non-physiologic fluid that can harm our
- into the ECF making ... , the ICF must now ... K+ in the ECF causes ... patients we are all treating ... #foamed #criticalcare
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
status NTM Cause ... Slow Growers (Runyon ... Classification ... Growers (Runyon Classification ... Clinical (Symptoms, Imaging