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Metabolic Alkalosis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm - Urinary Chloride
 • Cl- responsive metabolic alkalosis
- Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... acidosis: Diabetic ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #causes #urinary
Diffuse Acute Abdominal Pain (<72 hours) - Differential Diagnostic Algorithm
Look for surgical abdomen
Upper quadrant: R/O cardiac,
Diffuse Acute Abdominal ... Diagnostic Algorithm ... ulcer disease • Metabolic ... disease (e.g., Diabetic ... Ketoacidosis)
High Anion Gap Metabolic Acidosis (HAGMA) - Differential Diagnosis - GOLDMARK

Glycols - ethylene and propylene glycol
Oxoproline
Acidosis (HAGMA) - Differential ... salicylate toxicity causes ... lactic & ketoacidosis ... renal failure Ketoacidosis ... - diabetic, alcohol
Hyperglycemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Diabetes Mellitus:
 • Impaired Glucose Tolerance
 • Type I Diabetes
 • Type
Diabetes Mellitus ... Tolerance • Type I Diabetes ... • Type 2 Diabetes ... • Gestational Diabetes ... #causes
Causes of Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis
 • Drugs & Toxins (Statins, alcohol, cocaine)
 • Direct Muscle
Causes of Rhabdomyolysis ... - Differential ... Disorders (Diabetic ... ketoacidosis, hypothyroidism ... #Diagnosis #Causes
Pediatric Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Stridor:
 • Croup
 • Foreign Body
 • Tracheitis
 • Epiglottitis
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Pediatric Dyspnea - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Heart Disease • Diabetic ... Ketoacidosis ... #Causes #Peds #
Pediatric Acute Abdominal Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Generalized/Migratory:
 • Intussusception
 • Gastroenteritis
 • Viral Illness
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Pediatric Acute ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Viral Illness • Diabetic ... Ketoacidosis ... #Causes #Peds #
DKA DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA:
1. Serum glucose >250 mg/dL
2. Arterial pH <7.3
3. Serum bicarbonate <18 mEq/L
4. At least
patients with type 2 diabetes ... physiologic stress or acute ... have new-onset diabetes ... previously established diabetes ... are Euglycemic Diabetic
Skin Ulcers of the Lower Legs / Feet - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Physical:
• Pressure
• Trauma
• Radiation
Vascular:
• Arterial
Diagnosis Algorithm ... Neurological: • Diabetic ... dorsalis (syphilis) Metabolic ... gangrenosum • Diabetic ... #causes
Pediatric Causes of Abdominal Pain

Surgical:
 - Acute appendicitis 
 - Intestinal obstruction including intussusception 
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Pediatric Causes ... Henoch—Schönlein purpura - Diabetic ... ketoacidosis ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #Peds