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Cushing Syndrome Testing Algorithm
INDICATIONS FOR TESTING:
 • Suspected Cushing syndrome (central obesity, muscle weakness, refractory hypertension)
Testing:
Cushing Syndrome ... Suspected Cushing syndrome ... ARUPLabs #Cushing #Syndrome ... endocrinology #Adrenal #Hyperfunction
Incomplete Spinal Cord Syndromes
Anterior Cord Syndrome:
 • Bilateral loss of motor, pain and temperature sensation below
Incomplete Spinal Cord Syndromes ... Anterior Cord Syndrome ... • Bilateral loss ... • Ipsilateral loss ... Contralateral loss
Hyperthermic Syndromes - This table summarizes the similarities and differences between some toxicologic causes of hyperthermic
Hyperthermic Syndromes ... - This table summarizes ... of hyperthermic syndromes ... • Serotonin syndrome ... #Comparison #Table
Medications associated with neuroleptic malignant syndrome

First-generation and second-generation antipsychotics are dopamine receptor antagonists, which produce a
neuroleptic malignant syndrome ... of dopaminergic hypofunction ... NeurolepticMalignant #Syndrome
Acute Spinal Cord Injuries: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Anterior Cord Syndrome -> Anterior spinal artery
Anterior Cord Syndrome ... event -> Complete loss ... Loss of pain and ... • Central Cord Syndrome ... Sensory loss below
Anosmia / Smell Dysfunction - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Nasal Obstruction/ URTI:
 • Septal Deviation
 • Allergic Rhinitis
Mellitus • Adrenal Hypofunction ... • Adrenal Hyperfunction ... #Dysfunction #Loss
Hypokalemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Extra-renal Losses:
 • Normal Acid-Base: Low intake
 • Metabolic acidosis: Gl tract
acidosis: Gl tract loss ... Aldosterone: Liddle's Syndrome ... SAME, Cushing Syndrome ... diuretics, Bartter syndrome ... , Gitelman syndrom
Summary Table of Paraneoplastic Syndromes

#Diagnosis #Oncology #Paraneoplastic #Syndromes #Table
Summary Table of ... Paraneoplastic Syndromes ... Paraneoplastic #Syndromes ... #Table
Hypokalemia Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Low intake 
• poor oral intake 

Renal loss 
• Medication 
• Hypomagnesemia 
•
intake Renal loss ... • Gitelman's syndrome ... • Bartter's syndrome ... Extrarenal loss ... Gastrointestinal loss
Hypomagnesemia - Etiologies by Mechanism

Decreased GI Uptake 
 - Poor dietary intake (particularly common in alcoholics)
/ IBD Renal Loses ... renal Mg wasting syndromes ... - Gitelman syndrome ... - Hungry bones syndrome ... Low #Magnesium #Table