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Etiologies of Hypernatremia - Differential Diagnosis
GI losses / Insensible losses
Sodium Overload
Transcellular Movement of Water
Central Diabetes Insipidus
Etiologies of Hypernatremia ... - Differential ... in kidneys) - Medications ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #Table
Shock - Differential Diagnosis by Classification
Reflex Syncope 
 - Vasovagal syncope
   • Prolonged standing
Shock - Differential ... depletion - Medication ... steal syndrome - Alcohol ... blackout - Medication ... Classification #Table
Hypomagnesemia - Etiologies by Mechanism

Decreased GI Uptake 
 - Poor dietary intake (particularly common in alcoholics)
Renal Loses - Medications ... dysfunction - Alcohol ... Hypomagnesemia #Differential ... Low #Magnesium #Table
Micronutrient Deficiencies After Gastric Bypass
Fat-Soluble Vitamins:
 • Vitamin A - Night/complete blindness, xeropthalmia (pathologic dryness of
deficits, myelopathy Trace ... vitamin #nutrition #table ... #differential # ... diagnosis #bariatric
Numerous drugs taken by elderly persons can affect water balance by direct action on the kidney
on the kidney (Table ... Pharmacology #Geriatrics #Hyponatremia ... #Medications #DrugInduced ... #List #Differential
Toxic Alcohol Ingestion: Clinical Features, Diagnosis, and Management
Methanol intoxication:
 • Accidental or intentional ingestion of adulterated
Toxic Alcohol Ingestion ... of contaminated medication ... administration of medication ... • Dx: HAGA, trace ... toxicology #comparison #table
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
Hypertension - Workup and Differential ... with previously stable ... Sympathomimetic, Alcohol ... Workup #causes #Differential ... #Diagnosis #indications