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Causes of Hypokalemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Increased Loss 
 - Increased GI Loss
 - Increased Urinary
Hypokalemia - Differential ... Loss Decreased Intake ... #Hypokalemia #Differential ... potassium #low #pathophysiology
Copper Deficiency - Mechanisms
There are 2 main mechanisms of copper deficiency
Decreased intake from:
 - Gastric bypass,
deficiency Decreased intake ... absorption - Reduced intake ... Deficiency #Causes #differential ... #diagnosis #pathophysiology
Refeeding Syndrome Overview

What Is It?
	• Electrolyte/fluid shifts caused by initiation of nutrition in severely malnourished patient.
• Poor/minimal intake ... excessive alcohol intake ... Syndrome #Nutrition #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Pathophysiology
Hypochloremia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Cause - Decreased Intake:
 • Low salt in diet
 • Exclusive D5W
Hypochloremia - Differential ... Cause - Decreased Intake ... Hypochloremia #Differential ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Pathophysiology
Thiamine Deficiency - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Clinical Manifestations

Causes of Thiamine Deficiency:
 • Poor intake:
	- Diets
Thiamine Deficiency - Differential ... Deficiency: • Poor intake ... Manifestations #Differential ... beriberi #nutrition #pathophysiology
Hypocalcemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Low Serum Mg: GI losses, Renal losses, Alcoholism, Malnutrition, Drug-Induced
Hypocalcemia - Differential ... Drug-Induced • Intact ... resistance) • Intact ... losses, Low dietary intake ... #Hypocalcemia #Differential
Causes of Non-Fluent Aphasia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Non-Fluent - Agrammatic, hesitant, but substantive communication
Impaired Repetition
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Non-Fluent Aphasia - Differential ... Global Aphasia • Intact ... Broca's Aphasia Intact ... Transcortical Aphasia • Intact ... Aphasia #Neurology #Differential
Infant of a Diabetic Mother - complications - pathophysiology learning schema
Information source: UpToDate

#Infant #Diabetic #Mother #Pediatrics
Infant of a Diabetic ... complications - pathophysiology ... : UpToDate #Infant ... OBGYN #Diagnosis #Pathophysiology
Causes of Aphasia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Fluent - Grammatically correct, but nonsensical, tangential. Phonemic & semantic
Causes of Aphasia - Differential ... Global Aphasia • Intact ... Broca's Aphasia Intact ... Transcortical Aphasia • Intact ... Aphasia #Neurology #Differential
Aphasia - Pathophysiology and Clinical Findings
Broca's Aphasia - Expressive language impairment: non-Fluent
 - Sensory speech areas
Aphasia - Pathophysiology ... speech areas still intact ... temporal lobe) → Intact ... comprehension (intact ... deficits #Aphasia #Pathophysiology