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Lactic Acidosis - Classification and Differential Diagnosis
Type A Lactic Acidosis: Inadequate Oxygen Delivery
 • Anaerobic muscular
Diagnosis Type ... delivery: Hypoxemia, Anemia ... Type B Lactic Acidosis ... syndrome, Thiamine deficiency ... #Diagnosis #TypeA
Metabolic Acidosis with Anion Gap - KILU Mnemonic

K - Ketoacidosis
	• DKA
		- With normal glucose, ask if
Metabolic Acidosis ... inhibitors and SGLT2 deficiency ... - Lactate • Type ... linezolid U - Uremia ... #diagnosis #differential
Major neurocognitive disorders (MNCD): Diagnosis and workup 

1) Clinical diagnosis Cognitive impairment + loss of autonomy
2)
and workup ... Whipple, vitamin deficiency ... workup What type ... - Progressive amnesia ... MNCD #Dementia #Differential
Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Type A: Impaired O2 Delivery (DO2)
 • Decreased O2 Delivery: Hypotension
- Differential Diagnosis ... Framework Type ... Shock, Severe Anemia ... Beta-Agonists, ↑ work ... #Differential #
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
- Differential ... Diagnosis The ... 30mmHg) - Severe anemia ... effect - Thiamine deficiency ... #Elevation #Differential
Cold Agglutinin Disease

3 Types of Cold Sensitive Antibodies:
  1. Cold Agglutinins (CAD)
  2. Donath-Landsteiner
Agglutinin Disease 3 Types ... nose, ears, or fingers ... fatigue, pallor, dyspnea ... anemia • Cold ... younger pts) Differential
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

What?
Myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of disorders caused by blood cells that are poorly
formed or don’t work ... or folic acid deficiency ... Workup: • Complete ... blood count with differential ... Myelodysplastic #Syndromes #diagnosis
Causes of Hyperkalemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 • Cellular Shift:
   - Exercise
Hyperkalemia - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... - Metabolic Acidosis ... - Insulin deficiency ... Hypoaldosteronism: type
Causes of Hyperkalemia
l. Pseudohyperkalemia
  A Cellular efflux; thrombocytosis, erythrocytosis, leukocytosis, in vitro hemolysis
  B.
Acidosis B. ... ), sickle cell anemia ... aldosterone synthase deficiency ... #Hyperkalemia #Differential ... #Diagnosis #High