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Nail Disorders secondary to Systemic Diseases
Nail Fold Abnormality
 • SLE
 • Scleroderma
 • Dermatomyositis
Koilonychia - Spoon-shaped
Iron deficiency anemia ... Discoloration • Medications ... heart failure • Diabetes ... #Secondary #dermatology ... #Differential #
Differential Diagnosis for Hemolytic Anemia
Intrinsic Causes:
 • Enzyme deficiencies ex. G6PD, pyruvate kinase 
 • Hemoglobinopathies
Differential Diagnosis ... AIHA: warm, cold, drug ... ABO incompatibility ... #classification ... #hematology
Pruritus - Generalized Differential Diagnosis Algorithm - Systemic and Primary Causes
== Primary Skin Lesions ==
Macules /
and Primary Causes ... Blood Glucose: • Diabetes ... renal failure/uremia ... Pruritus #primary #secondary ... #dermatology #Differential
Primary and Secondary Causes of Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Primary (Essential) (95%) - Onset between age
- Differential ... Uncontrolled • Drug ... taken at home, work ... licorice • Medications ... Hyperthyroidism (mainly systolic
Pruritus - No Primary Skin Lesion - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Blood Glucose:
 • Diabetes Mellitus
Liver Function Tests/Enzymes:
Blood Glucose: • Diabetes ... #Pruritus #secondary ... #systemic #generalized ... #dermatology #Differential ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #causes
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
of Circulatory System ... 30mmHg) - Severe anemia ... • Type B1: - Diabetes ... - HIV/HAART medications ... #typea #typeb #classification
Scleroderma Like Conditions - Differential Diagnosis
Eosinophilic Fasciitis:
 - Orange peel induration (peau d'orange) of proximal extremities
apparent with elevation ... treatment Nephrogenic Systemic ... Fibrosis: - Secondary ... long-standing diabetes ... immunocompromised host Drug
Causes of Hyperkalemia
l. Pseudohyperkalemia
  A Cellular efflux; thrombocytosis, erythrocytosis, leukocytosis, in vitro hemolysis
  B.
Causes of Hyperkalemia ... Diabetes, diabetic ... #Hyperkalemia #Differential ... High #Potassium #Classification ... #Causes