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A schema of the pathophysiology of the inborn errors of metabolism, excluding complex storage diseases. Helps
complex storage diseases ... presentations in acute ... Pathophysiology #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Differential # ... Neonatology #Peds
Causes of Hypotonic Infant (Floppy Newborn) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Central Nervous System - Decreased LOC, Axial
Diagnosis Algorithm ... System - Decreased LOC ... • Hypoxic-Ischemic ... Diseases ... #Causes #Peds #
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management Summary

Causes of Rhabdomyolysis:
 • Trauma:
	- Immobilization
	- Crush injury
	- Compartment
Heat injury, Heat stroke ... - Metabolic myopathies ... perfusion → renal ischemia ... disease 2. ... #nephrology
Dysphagia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Symptom | Diagnosis
• Solid-food dysphagia present for months to years | Mechanical
• Muscular or neurologic ... most commonly stroke ... , Parkinson disease ... weight loss or acute ... disorder → EGD Treatment
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
may precede the neurologic ... Shock, Autoimmune disease ... Reversible course Differential ... Drug toxicity, Metabolic ... Constipation, Seizures, Stroke
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
Lactic Acidosis - Differential ... impairment of cellular metabolism ... sweat) - its metabolism ... presentations and disease ... LV failure - Low
Rheumatology Workup - Laboratories Studies in Rheumatic Diseases

• Septic arthritis - Gram stain and culture of
Rheumatology Workup ... ANA result is a strong ... Screening Tests for Acute ... protein) to exclude metabolic ... chest wall, and low
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
ADLs - Highest metabolic ... history of: a) Ischemic ... event, follow ACC algorithm ... Orthopedic • Low ... • <6mo since stroke