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Cognitive bias cheat sheet - 
Because thinking is hard.

#Diagnosis #Metacognition #Cognitive #Biases #Types #Causes #Differential #MedEd
Cognitive bias cheat ... Metacognition #Cognitive ... #Biases #Types ... #Causes #Differential
Hypokalemia - Differential Diagnosis
Poor Intake 
 - Starvation
 - Anorexia
GI Losses 
 - Vomiting / NG
Hypokalemia - Differential ... - Polyuria - Hypomagnesemia ... #Diagnosis #Low ... Potassium #Table #Classification ... #Causes
Hypomagnesemia - Differential Diagnosis
Renal Causes of Hypomagnesemia - Familial:
Bartter syndrome and Gitelman syndrome, Isolated recessive hypomagnesemia,
Differential Diagnosis ... Renal Causes of ... #differential # ... #nephrology #magnesium ... #low
24 Cognitive Biases Stuffing Up Your Thinking

anchoring,
sunk cost fallacy, 
availability heuristic, 
curse of knowledge, 
confirmation bias,
24 Cognitive Biases ... confirmation bias ... Metacognition #Cognitive ... #Biases #Types ... #Causes #Differential
Hypokalemia Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Low intake 
• poor oral intake 

Renal loss 
• Medication 
• Hypomagnesemia 
•
Hypokalemia Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm Low ... Medication • Hypomagnesemia ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes ... #Classification
Approach to Hypomagnesemia 

Fractional excretion of magnesium = (urine magnesium x serum creatinine)/ [0.7 (serum magnesium
Approach to Hypomagnesemia ... #algorithm #differential ... #diagnosis #causes ... #nephrology #magnesium ... #low
Hypomagnesemia - Etiologies by Mechanism

Decreased GI Uptake 
 - Poor dietary intake (particularly common in alcoholics)
Hypomagnesemia - ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #Low # ... Magnesium #Table #Classification ... #Causes #Workup
Causes of Metabolic Alkalosis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
GI Losses - Gastric
 • Vomiting
 • NG suction
GI
Causes of Metabolic ... Alkalosis - Differential ... loop/thiazide) • Hypomagnesemia ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Causes of Hypokalemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Defining the cause of hypokalemia starts by measuring urinary K
- Differential ... Renal K loss • Hypomagnesemia-induced ... tubular acidosis (type ... #hypokalemia #differential ... #nephrology #potassium
Major neurocognitive disorders (MNCD): Diagnosis and workup 

1) Clinical diagnosis Cognitive impairment + loss of autonomy
2)
Clinical diagnosis Cognitive ... diagnostic workup What type ... Alzheimer - 1st cause ... MNCD #Dementia #Differential ... #Subtypes #Classification