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Isocoria - Pupillary Defects - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Relative Afferent Pupil Defect
 • Optic Neuritis
 • Ischemic
- Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Neuromuscular Junction ... #Differential # ... #Causes #Ophthalmology
Causes of Bleeding / Bruising - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Thrombocytopenia - Quantitative Defect
 • Decreased Production
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Causes of Bleeding ... / Bruising - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... - Quantitative Defect ... Disordered Platelet Function
Anisocoria - Pupillary Defects - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Physiological - Simple Anisocoria ( <O.5mm)
 - Anisocoria equal
Anisocoria - Pupillary Defects ... - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Neuromuscular Junction ... #Causes #Ophthalmology
The Dementia Umbrella

Dementia is an umbrella term that describes a collection of symptoms that are caused
symptoms that are caused ... Dementia affects ... tasks, and brain function ... Dementia #Umbrella #Differential ... Types #Subtypes #Classification
Hypomagnesemia - Etiologies by Mechanism

Decreased GI Uptake 
 - Poor dietary intake (particularly common in alcoholics)
- Genetic defects ... Hypomagnesemia #Differential ... Low #Magnesium #Table ... #Classification ... #Causes #Workup
Major neurocognitive disorders (MNCD): Diagnosis and workup 

1) Clinical diagnosis Cognitive impairment + loss of autonomy
2)
deficiency, ... laboratory ... Alzheimer - 1st cause ... impaired executive functions ... MNCD #Dementia #Differential ... #Subtypes #Classification
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
Lactic Acidosis - Differential ... - assess other laboratory ... B3: Hereditary Defects ... myopathies - Defects ... #typea #typeb #classification
Micronutrient Deficiencies After Gastric Bypass
Fat-Soluble Vitamins:
 • Vitamin A - Night/complete blindness, xeropthalmia (pathologic dryness of
• Thiamine - Nausea ... anemia, cognitive deficits ... decreased immune function ... vitamin #nutrition #table ... #differential #
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
hemodynamics and cardiac function ... the determined cause ... #diagnosis #differential ... #algorithm #management ... cardiology #treatment #table
Pragmatic diagnostic algorithm for hypokalemia. 
***Typical presentations: 
 • Vomiting: urine Na/Cl > 1.6, low urine
Pragmatic diagnostic algorithm ... continued in most cases ... ; interpretation ... dependent upon local laboratory ... hypokalemia #diagnosis #differential