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Hypomagnesemia - Etiologies by Mechanism

Decreased GI Uptake 
 - Poor dietary intake (particularly common in alcoholics)
GI losses - Chronic ... Loses - Medications ... - Uncontrolled diabetes ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #Low #
Causes of Fatigue - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Endocrine
 • Hypo/Hyperthyroidism
 • Diabetes
 • Pituitary Insufficiency
 • Adrenal
Diagnosis Algorithm ... Hyperthyroidism • Diabetes ... Metabolic • Renal ... Myasthenia Gravis Pharmacologic ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Causes of Hypocalcemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Extravascular: Pancreatitis, surgery, acute phosphate intake and renal
Diagnosis Algorithm ... prostate cancer • Drug ... Pseudohypoparathyroidism, Chronic ... contrast agents • Hypomagnesemia ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Hyperuricemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Primary - Over-production
     • Increased turnover of nucleotides
Primary
Hyperuricemia - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Hyperparathyroidism • Diabetic ... • Chronic ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Causes of Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unprovoked - Epilepsy:
 • Focal: Simple, Complex
 • Generalized: Absence,
Diagnosis Algorithm ... Toxic: Alcohol, Medication ... , Recreational drugs ... Hyponatremia, Hypomagnesemia ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Causes of Hypomagnesemia
Redistribution:
 - IV glucose
 - Correction of diabetic ketoacidosis
 - IV hyperalimentation
 - Refeeding
Correction of diabetic ... #Causes #diagnosis ... #differential # ... medications #drugs ... #pharmacology #
Causes of Chronic Kidney Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Decreased kidney function (eGFR < 60 ml/min/1.73 m2)
Kidney Disease - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... artery stenosis • Drugs ... Proteinuria) • Diabetes ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Hyperkalemia: Diagnostic algorithm
Decreased renal potassium excretion
 • Acute renal failure
 • Chronic renal failure
 • Drugs
Increased
Hyperkalemia: Diagnostic ... algorithm Decreased ... failure • Chronic ... • Diabetic Nephropathy ... #potassium #differential
Elevated Amylase (Hyperamylasemia)- Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pancreatic causes:
 - Pancreatic cancer
 - Complications pancreatitis: eg pseudocyst
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Diagnosis Algorithm ... obstruction - Drugs ... failure / Chronic ... disease / HIV / Diabetes ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Causes of Intrauterine Growth Restriction / Small for Gestational Age - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Fetal Factors:
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Diagnosis Algorithm ... previa • Chronic ... insufficiency • Diabetes ... Alcohol • Drugs ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm