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Fatigue and IBD Algorithm
 • 40-50% patients have fatigue despite clinical remission
 • Risk factors: BMI,
active IBD: IV Fe ... > PO FE • Fe Carboxymaltose ... & Fe Sucrose > ... IV FE formulations ... /other causes •
Thrombocytosis - Differential Diagnosis
Platelet Count > 450
Reactive:
 • Anemia/blood loss (Fe deficiency)
 • Infection/Sepsis
 • Non-infectious
Anemia/blood loss (Fe ... Differential #Diagnosis #causes
Causes of Anemia with Low Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Decreased Heme Synthesis or
Causes of Anemia ... TIBC increased - Fe ... Deficiency (Eg Causes ... normal/decreased - Fe ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Iron Deficiency Anemia vs Anemia of Chronic Disease - Laboratory Testing

SUMMARY:
 - RDW, FEP, serum iron,
Testing #Comparison #Table ... #Fe
Hyperphosphatemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Transcellular Shift:
 • Rhabdomyolysis
 • Tumor Lysis
 • Metabolic or Respiratory Acidosis
Decreased Excretion FE ... endocrinology #causes
Hypophosphatemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Transcellular Shift
 • Recovery From DKA
 • Refeeding Syndrome
 • Acute Respiratory
Excretion - Renal FE ... endocrinology #causes
Urinalysis & Urine Sodium 
Theophilus Protospatharius, a seventh-century physician who wrote the first manuscript focused exclusively
• Urinary casts ... excretion of Sodium (FE ... Injury (AKI) FE ... Necrosis (ATN) FE ... leucocyte-esterase #urine #UNa #casts
Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis and Presentation

#Diagnosis #Differential #Table #Dyspnea #SOB #Causes
#Differential #Table ... #Dyspnea #SOB #Causes
Causes of Iron Deficiency - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Blood loss: GI (cancer, ulcer, IBD), GU
Causes of Iron Deficiency ... Differential #Diagnosis #Causes ... #Fe #algorithm
Renal tubular acidosis (RTA): refers to a group of conditions all of which cause the same
conditions all of which cause ... different types/causes ... RenalTubularAcidosis #Features #Table