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Simplified Diagnosis of Metabolic Disorders
#Diagnosis #Peds #Pediatrics #Inherited #Congenital #Metabolism #Metabolic #Diseases #Disorders #Ketones #Ammonia #Differential
Disorders #Diagnosis ... #Peds #Pediatrics ... #Metabolic #Diseases ... #Disorders #Ketones ... #Ammonia #Differential
A schema of the pathophysiology of the inborn errors of metabolism, excluding complex storage diseases. Helps
inborn errors of metabolism ... complex storage diseases ... the lab values table ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Differential ... #Table #IEM #NICU
Causes of Apparent Life Threatening Event (ALTE) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac:
 • Congenital Heart Disease
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Event (ALTE) - Differential ... Congenital Heart Disease ... Myocarditis Metabolic ... Neuromuscular • Disorders ... #Causes #Peds #Pediatrics
Causes of Proximal Muscle Weakness That May Mimic Inflammatory Myopathy
 • Central or peripheral neurologic disease
peripheral neurologic disease ... - Alcohol • Metabolic ... • Electrolyte disorders ... mimics #diagnosis #differential ... #causes #neurology
Causes of Tremors - Movement Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Action Tremor - Occurs During Voluntary Muscle
Tremors - Movement Disorders ... - Differential ... Dystonia • Metabolic ... MovementDisorders #Neurology ... #Differential #
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Acid Base Disorders ... Differentials? ... restrictive lung disease ... #AcidBase #disorders ... Diagnosis #Summary #Nephrology
Causes of Hyperkinetic Movement Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Tics:
 • Tourette's Syndrome
 • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity
- Differential ... Epilepsy • Toxic / metabolic ... • Huntington's Disease ... MovementDisorders #Neurology ... #Differential #
Causes of Hypomagnesemia
 • Redistribution: IV glucose, Correction of diabetic ketoacidosis, IV hyperalimentation, Refeeding after starvation,
Tubulointerstitial renal disease ... ) • Endocrine disorders ... inappropriate antidiuretic hormone ... Hypomagnesemia #Causes #differential ... #diagnosis #nephrology
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
with previously stable ... hypokalemia and metabolic ... bruit or signs of hormonal ... Renal parenchymal disease ... Neurologic disorders
Diuretics and Agents Regulating Renal Excretion

Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors (Acetazolamide, Dichlorphenamide)
 • Glaucoma
 • Epilepsy
 • Altitude
resistance • Metabolic ... chronic kidney disease ... specific bleeding disorders ... Excretion #Diuresis #Nephrology ... #Medications #Table