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Type 2 Diabetes - Screening, Diagnosis and Management Algorithm
Lifestyle  Modifications (Diet and Exercise) -> Start
Diabetes - Screening, Diagnosis ... and Management Algorithm ... Hypertension, Overweight, Abdominal ... • Secondary Causes ... #DM2 #DMII #Classification
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 ... #nephrology #causes ... #algorithm
Secondary Causes of Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hypertension - BP > 140/90 (>130/80 for DM)
Hypertensive urgency
Algorithm Hypertension ... 90 (>130/80 for DM ... end-organ damage or DM ... Nephritic syndrome • AKI ... #Algorithm #Causes
Acute and Chronic Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis
Pulmonary/Chest Wall:
 • Acute: Trauma, COPD exacerbation, Asthma
Causes of Dyspnea ... - Differential Diagnosis ... acidosis (eg, DM ... #Chronic #Causes ... #Differential #Diagnosis
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 ... Manifestations: • Abdominal ... manifesting as DM ... gastroenterology #treatment
Acromegaly - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook 

Clinical Presentation: 
 • Classic Acromegaly: frontal
Insulin resist + DM ... peripheral (bronchial/abdominal ... Pegvisomant) ± D2 ... or refractory cases ... Endocrinology #Treatment
Orthopedic Emergencies
Compartment Syndrome
 • An increase in compartment pressure to the point where tissue perfusion is
Orthopedic Emergencies ... Syndrome • Syndrome caused ... days after an acute ... • Diagnosis: ... factors, including DM
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

S/Sx: Most pts asymptomatic. Weakness, cramping, nausea, paresthesias, palpitations,
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis ... transfusions), ↓insulin (DM ... , RTA Type IV, AI ... only if no clear cause ... #Hyperkalemia #Diagnosis
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
Insulin dependent DM ... event, follow ACC algorithm ... Intraabdominal - Orthopedic ... undergoing AAA or upper abdominal ... stratification #diagnosis