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Type 2 Diabetes - Screening, Diagnosis and Management Algorithm
Lifestyle  Modifications (Diet and Exercise) -> Start
relative with DM2 ... associated with DM ... Hypertension, Overweight, Abdominal ... • Secondary Causes ... Management #algorithm #DM2
Causes of False Elevation and Reduction in HbA1c

== False Elevation ==
Decreased RBC turnover 
• Iron, B-12,
Causes of False ... RBC turnover • Acute ... Decrease #Diagnosis #DM2
Acute and Chronic Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis
Pulmonary/Chest Wall:
 • Acute: Trauma, COPD exacerbation, Asthma
Causes of Dyspnea ... dysfunction, Goiter Abdominal ... , Intra-abdominal ... acidosis (eg, DM ... #Chronic #Causes
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Pre-Renal:
 • Hypovolemia, Cardiorenal, Distributive Shock, HRS, Hypercalcemia, Renal
Acute Kidney Injury ... Artery Stenosis, Abdominal ... Bladder (Medication, DM ... SCVMCMed #AKI #Acute ... Diagnosis #nephrology #causes
Kussmaul Breathing in Lactic Acidosis
Acute non-cardiopulmonary dyspnoea. 70 ys, DM, vomiting and URQ abdominal pain since
Lactic Acidosis Acute ... dyspnoea. 70 ys, DM ... vomiting and URQ abdominal ... discharged for acute ... On CT scan, abdominal
Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) during CPR on POCUS

Still not sure about intra-arrest POCUS? Here is "just
Abdominal Aortic ... during CPR on POCUS ... Woman with HTN, DM ... POCUS done with ... RJonesSonoEM #Abdominal
Chronic Pancreatitis

Definition: A pathologic fibroinflammatory syndrome of the pancreas in individuals with genetic, environmental, and/or other
stress. 60% of CP cases ... evolved from acute ... and recurrent acute ... Manifestations: • Abdominal ... manifesting as DM
Mydriasis and Miosis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Causes of Mydriasis:
Dilated pupils (mydriasis) more than 7mm
 • Unilateral
Diagnosis Framework Causes ... herniation (Comatose), Acute ... Hypothermia Causes ... Robertson pupils), DM ... ophthalmology #causes
Approach to Joint Pain - Diagnostic Framework

1) Chronicity
2) Inflammatory vs Non-Inflammatory
3) Number of Joints Involved

1) Chronicity:
Chronicity: • Acute ... infections (bacterial), acute ... necrosis, Charcot (DM2 ... Like in this case ... • Acute = Viral
DKA DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA:
1. Serum glucose >250 mg/dL
2. Arterial pH <7.3
3. Serum bicarbonate <18 mEq/L
4. At least
to 30% of DKA cases ... physiologic stress or acute ... admissions are Euglycemic ... , vomiting, abdominal ... the anion gap closes