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Causes of Growth Restriction - Small for Gestational Age - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Maternal
 • Chronic Maternal
Gestational Age - Differential ... Chronic Maternal Hypertension ... • Gestational Hypertension ... Algorithm #Causes #Obstetrics ... #Pediatrics
Causes of Intrauterine Growth Restriction / Small for Gestational Age - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Fetal Factors:
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Restriction / Small ... Gestational Age - Differential ... • Gestational hypertension ... • Autoimmune disorders ... Algorithm #Causes #Obstetrics
Stroke - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm and Management
Hemorrhagic:
 • Intracerebral: HTN, Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy, Trauma, Bleeding Diathesis,
Stroke - Differential ... Moyamoya, Blood Disorders ... - Small: Lipohyalinosis ... • Watershed: Hypotension ... #Stroke #CVA #Differential
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
- Workup and Differential ... with electrolyte disorders ... bruit or signs of hormonal ... Neurologic disorders ... Workup #causes #Differential
Upper Gastronintestinal Bleed - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Acute Hematemesis/Melena
 - Blood in vomitus?/black, tarry stools
 - If
Gastronintestinal Bleed - Differential ... 10% colorectal/small ... Exclude bleeding disorder ... Pylori Portal Hypertension ... Gastronintestinal #Differential
Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy
Chronic Hypertension:
 • Guidelines as SBP ≥130 or DBP ≥ 90 mmHg
 •
Hypertensive Disorders ... Pregnancy Chronic Hypertension ... #Disorders #Pregnancy ... htn #obstetrics ... #cardiology #differential
Causes of Low Vitamin B12 Levels
Low vitamin B12 intake - Vegetarianism, chronic alcoholism and older people
Autoimmune
Malabsorption - Small ... achlorhydria Obstetric ... contraceptive, hormone ... low #cobalamin #differential
Causes of Hypomagnesemia
Redistribution:
 - IV glucose
 - Correction of diabetic ketoacidosis
 - IV hyperalimentation
 - Refeeding
poor intake - Small ... tacrolimus) Endocrine disorders ... inappropriate antidiuretic hormone ... Causes #diagnosis #differential
Causes of Hypomagnesemia
 • Redistribution: IV glucose, Correction of diabetic ketoacidosis, IV hyperalimentation, Refeeding after starvation,
, poor intake, Small ... ) • Endocrine disorders ... inappropriate antidiuretic hormone ... Hypomagnesemia #Causes #differential
Age Distribution of Hypertension Etiologies
< 1 month
 - Renal arterial thrombosis
 - Congenital renal disease
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Distribution of Hypertension ... - Endocrine disorders ... Mendelian genetic disorders ... Secondary #diagnosis #differential ... #age #pediatrics