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Approach to Elevated Bicarbonate (HCO3)
Risk Factors for Hypercapnea? (Hx of COPD, OSA, sedative use, CNS/muscular disorders?)
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Approach to Elevated ... Gas) (-) Likely Metabolic ... Contraction Urine Cl ... #metabolic #alkalosis ... #algorithm #diagnosis
Causes of Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unprovoked - Epilepsy:
 • Focal: Simple, Complex
 • Generalized: Absence,
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Unprovoked ... Neurocysticercosis, PML ... • Metabolic: Hypoglycemia ... Hypoxia, Uremia, Liver
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Vascular ... • Metabolic/Hereditary ... specificity to elevated ... #algorithm #hepatology
Abnormal liver function tests algorithm.
 This figure details the initial response to abnormal liver blood tests.
tests algorithm ... The presence of metabolic ... Areas of diagnostic ... mellitus; USS, ultrasound ... LFTs #Abnormal #Algorithm
Diuretics and Agents Regulating Renal Excretion

Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors (Acetazolamide, Dichlorphenamide)
 • Glaucoma
 • Epilepsy
 • Altitude
resistance • Metabolic ... (Mannitol) • Elevated ... intraocular pressure • Elevated ... disequilibrium syndrome • Diagnosis ... Inhibitors of Na+K+2Cl
Pancreatitis management checklist 
Evaluation to guide etiology & management 
 - RUQ ultrasound 
 - Calcium
management - RUQ ultrasound ... Triglyceride level - Liver ... e.g., markedly elevated ... May consider metabolic ... Pancreatitis #Checklist #Diagnosis
There are similarities and differences between these 3 conditions which all carry treatment implications. Each mimic
stores in the liver ... which drastically elevates ... The metabolism of ... #diagnosis #differential ... #algorithm #management
Gitelman Syndrome - Diagnosis and Workup
Blood Work:
 - Hypokalemia
 - Hypomagnesemia
 - Metabolic Alkalosis
 - Elevated
Gitelman Syndrome - Diagnosis ... Hypomagnesemia - Metabolic ... Alkalosis - Elevated ... Fractional excretion of Cl ... - Normal Renal Ultrasound