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Thiamine Deficiency - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Clinical Manifestations

Causes of Thiamine Deficiency:
 • Poor intake:
	- Diets
- Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... seen • Lactic acidosis ... contraction, blood flow reduction ... #Diagnosis #syndromes
Ketosis Disorders
Ketone bodies are a normal metabolic energy source. Excessive unregulated production of ketones, often accompanied
by an anion gap acidosis ... consequence of fatty acid ... of re-feeding syndrome ... Disorders #ketones #differential ... #diagnosis #management
Causes of Low Vitamin B12 Levels
Low vitamin B12 intake - Vegetarianism, chronic alcoholism and older people
Autoimmune
and Sjögren's syndrome ... pylori-associated gastritis Surgery ... #VitaminB12 #deficiency ... low #cobalamin #differential ... #diagnosis
Inherited Defects in Kidney Tubule Epithelial Cells

Renal glucosuria - Na+-dependent glucose cotransporter
Cystinuria - Amino acid transporter
Bartter
Cystinuria - Amino acid ... renal tubular acidosis ... or aquaporin-2 deficiency ... Kidney #Nephrology #Diagnosis ... #Differential #
Schematic representation of the major sources of ammonia production and its excretory pathway (GI = gastrointestinal,
- Valproic acid ... rare): - Reye syndrome ... Primary carnitine deficiency ... Hyperammonemia #Differential ... #Diagnosis
Causes of Peptic Ulcer Disease
 • H. Pylori
 • NSAIDs
 • Gastric adenocarcinoma
 • Gastric lymphoma
neck of a hiatus hernia ... previous gastric surgery ... Zollinger-Ellison syndrome ... Disease #Causes #differential ... #diagnosis
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
- Differential ... / hypoxemia -> focus ... regional ischemia, surgery ... - Compartment syndrome ... #Elevation #Differential
Hyperkalemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

PseudoHyperkalemia:
 • Lab error
 • Traumatic venipuncture
 • Hemolysis, thrombocytosis, leukocytosis
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Hyperkalemia - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... - Tumor lysis syndrome ... - Metabolic acidosis ... #diagnosis #causes
Hyperkalemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

PseudoHyperkalemia:
 • Lab error
 • Traumatic venipuncture
 • Hemolysis, thrombocytosis, leukocytosis
 •
Hyperkalemia - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... - Tumor lysis syndrome ... - Metabolic acidosis ... #diagnosis #causes
Elevated Lactate Dehydrogenase (LDH) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

LDH is a cytoplasmic enzyme present in tissues throughout
Dehydrogenase (LDH) - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... anemia, folic acid ... cardiovascular surgery ... • Tumor lysis syndrome