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Abnormal Lipid Profiles - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Increased Cholesterol and Triglycerides 
 - Genetic Causes
Lipid Profiles - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Nephrotic Syndrome ... • Drugs ... • Diabetes
Pruritus - Generalized Differential Diagnosis Algorithm - Systemic and Primary Causes
== Primary Skin Lesions ==
Macules /
Pruritus - Generalized ... Algorithm - Systemic ... Blood Glucose: • Diabetes ... Myelodisplastic syndrome ... Pruritus #primary #secondary
Causes of Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unprovoked - Epilepsy:
 • Focal: Simple, Complex
 • Generalized: Absence,
Diagnosis Algorithm ... Simple, Complex • Generalized ... vasoconstriction syndrome ... Toxic: Alcohol, Medication ... , Recreational drugs
Primary and Secondary Causes of Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Primary (Essential) (95%) - Onset between age
Diagnosis Algorithm ... Uncontrolled • Drug ... licorice • Medications ... excess (Cushing syndrome ... #HTN #Cardiology
Causes of Hypomagnesemia
Redistribution:
 - IV glucose
 - Correction of diabetic ketoacidosis
 - IV hyperalimentation
 - Refeeding
Correction of diabetic ... renal disease Drugs ... - Primary or secondary ... Causes #diagnosis #differential ... #medications #drugs
Nail Disorders secondary to Systemic Diseases
Nail Fold Abnormality
 • SLE
 • Scleroderma
 • Dermatomyositis
Koilonychia - Spoon-shaped
Discoloration • Medications ... heart failure • Diabetes ... • Nephrotic syndrome ... #dermatology #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Pruritus - No Primary Skin Lesion - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Blood Glucose:
 • Diabetes Mellitus
Liver Function Tests/Enzymes:
Diagnosis Algorithm ... Blood Glucose: • Diabetes ... Myelodisplastic syndrome ... #Pruritus #secondary ... #systemic #generalized
Cardiomyopathies 

Manifestations of cardiomyopathy (CM) range from microscopic alterations in cardiac myocytes to fulminant Heart Failure
/Postpartum Secondqry ... number & variety of generalized ... • Toxicity (Drugs ... Cardiomyopathies #cardiology ... #diagnosis #differential
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis and Causes
Clinical: Dyspnea, Exercise Intolerance, ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms" (ascites, hepatomegaly, ↑↑peripheral edema)
Physical
Hyper-eosinophilc Syndrome ... Idiopathic (i.e., Drug-Related ... Non-lnfiltrative: Idiopathic, Diabetic ... Diagnosis #Causes #differential ... #cardiology #algorithm