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Causes of Hyperferritinemia - Differential Diagnosis
Ferritin > 1000
Ferritin is the storage form of iron. Increased hepcidin
Causes of Hyperferritinemia ... - Differential ... is the storage form ... saturation to differentiate ... Hyperferritinemia #Differential
Drugs Causing Acute Pancreatitis

Class Ia: The medications in which there was a rechallenge and other causes
rechallenge and other causes ... out other common causes ... association in form ... #Pancreatitis #Causes ... #Differential #
Causes, classification and compensatory responses to shock.

Shock can be caused by any pathological process that leads
Causes, classification ... Shock can be caused ... responses to all forms ... CriticalCare #Shock #Differential ... #Causes #Types
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Differentials? ... acidosis Step 5 - Differential ... Diagnosis: Causes ... Acetazolamide Causes ... Base #Gas #VBG #differential
Hypotension - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Hypotension is commonly due to unnecessarily deep anaesthesia, the autonomic
hypovolaemia or combined causes ... pressure as a cause ... DON’T FORGET! ... o Endocrine cause ... #Hypotension #Differential
Erythemas Summarized
Erythema ab igne
 • A dermatosis that results from repeated exposure to heat (fires, heating
thought to be a form ... Haverhill fever caused ... perstans • A form ... diutinum • A rare form ... comparison #table #differential
Great Mimickers - SHALLOTS Mnemonic

S- Syphilis - Neurosyphilis, aortitis, gummas... Granulomas can form anywhere! Skin, mucosa,
Granulomas can form ... What doesn't HIV cause ... splenomegaly, cytopenias, nausea ... consumption- number one cause ... Mnemonic #Diagnosis #Differential
Causes of Metabolic Alkalosis: Differential Diagnosis
ECF volume contracted: urine chloride concentration <20 meq/L
 • Gastric alkalosis:
Causes of Metabolic ... Alkalosis: Differential ... tumors • Some forms ... Metabolic #Alkalosis #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Causes
CNS Ring-Enhancing Lesions - Immunocompromised vs Immunocompetent
Multiple Ring-Enhancing Lesions:
 • Toxoplasmosis (CD4 < 100)
 • Other
diseases (often form ... Lesions #Brain #differential ... #diagnosis #causes
Mediastinal Mass - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Anterior Mediastinal Mass - 5T’s
 • Thymic neoplasm
 • Teratoma (or
Mediastinal Mass - Differential ... the most common causes ... This is a rare cause ... form from bone marrow ... Mediastinal #Mass #Differential