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Hypokalemia Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Low intake 
• poor oral intake 

Renal loss 
• Medication 
• Hypomagnesemia 
•
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... oral intake Renal ... loss • Medication ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Causes #Classification
Adrenal Insufficiency Diagnosis Algorithm
Clinical features: 
 - Weight loss, anorexia, Weakness, fatigue, GI distress
 - Hypotension,
Diagnosis Algorithm ... features: - Weight loss ... Diagnostic findings (see ... algorithm): - ... Insufficiency #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Hypomagnesemia - Etiologies by Mechanism

Decreased GI Uptake 
 - Poor dietary intake (particularly common in alcoholics)
diarrhea / IBD Renal ... Loses - Medications ... tubular dysfunction ... - Familial renal ... Magnesium #Table #Classification
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
responses - Loss ... of injury - Loss ... Behcet disease - SLE ... Bowel and bladder dysfunction ... differential #algorithm
Anosmia / Smell Dysfunction - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Nasal Obstruction/ URTI:
 • Septal Deviation
 • Allergic Rhinitis
Anosmia / Smell Dysfunction ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Hypofunction • Adrenal ... #Loss #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
arthritis, weight loss ... Skin Disease Classification ... mild cognitive dysfunction ... APLA/LAC: • Renal ... : Drug induced SLE
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
 •
pulmonary and renal ... Anorexia • Weight loss ... vasculitis, and SLE ... • Urinalysis (Renal ... #rheumatology #classification
Relapsing Polychondritis

What is it?
Recurrent inflammation of the cartilage in the body (Autoimmune disorder)

Who?
• Most frequently: 40
Fever, weight loss ... damage - hearing loss ... cases such as: • SLE ... Heart failure • Renal ... insufficiency • Cognitive dysfunction
6/02/2022 UPDATE: This assay is designed to detect non-variola orthopoxviruses, including monkeypox virus. It is not
www.cdc.gov/csels/dls/locs ... 2022-lab-advisory-CLARIFICATION-CDC_Publishes_Non-variola_Orthopoxvirus_PCR_Testing_Procedure ... should use this algorithm ... smallpox-diagnostic-algorithm-poster ... See table below