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Hypokalemia Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Low intake 
• poor oral intake 

Renal loss 
• Medication 
• Hypomagnesemia 
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Hypokalemia Differential ... Renal loss • Medication ... • Hypomagnesemia ... amzn.to/2LmUODZ #Hypokalemia ... #Classification
Hypomagnesemia - Differential Diagnosis
Renal Causes of Hypomagnesemia - Familial:
Bartter syndrome and Gitelman syndrome, Isolated recessive hypomagnesemia,
Differential Diagnosis ... and Gitelman syndrome ... with secondary, hypocalcemia ... - Acquired: Medications ... #differential #
Reflex Testing - Causes of Hyporeflexia and Hyperreflexia
Focal Hyporeflexia: 
 • Radiculopathy, Mononeuropathy, Polyneuropathy, Acute stroke,
, Hypermagnesemia ... Hyperreflexia: • Hypocalcemia ... , Hypomagnesemia ... Hyperthyroidism, Serotonin ... #differential #
Hypomagnesemia - Etiologies by Mechanism

Decreased GI Uptake 
 - Poor dietary intake (particularly common in alcoholics)
Renal Loses - Medications ... - Hypokalemia ... #Differential # ... Magnesium #Table #Classification ... #Causes #Workup
Bradycardia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

BRADI Mnemonic
 • BRASH/Hyperkalemia
 • Reduced oxygen/Glucose/Temp
 • ACS
 • Drugs
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Bradycardia - Differential ... • Hypermagnesemia ... Heart block Medications ... #diagnosis #causes ... #cardiology #BRADI
Drugs associated with hypokalemia and hypomagnesemia

Hypokalemia
- Shift from extracellular fluid to intracellular fluid compartment
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associated with hypokalemia ... Hypokalemia ... renal Fanconi syndrome ... panitumumab) #Drugs #hypokalemia ... #Medications #differential
Hypocalcemia - Diagnosis and Management
PTH Independent (↑ PTH)
 • LOW VIT D
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Hypocalcemia - Diagnosis ... Transfusions - Medications ... PTH Signaling #Hypocalcemia ... #endocrinology ... #differential #algorithm
Causes of Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unprovoked - Epilepsy:
 • Focal: Simple, Complex
 • Generalized: Absence,
- Differential ... vasoconstriction syndrome ... Toxic: Alcohol, Medication ... Hyponatremia, Hypomagnesemia ... , Hypocalcemia,
Hypophosphatemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Transcellular Shift
 • Recovery From DKA
 • Refeeding Syndrome
 • Acute Respiratory
• Refeeding Syndrome ... Alkalosis • Hypokalemia ... • Hypomagnesemia ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #endocrinology ... #causes
Causes of Hypocalcemia - Differential Diagnosis
Decreased calcium absorption
 • Vitamin D deficiency
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Causes of Hypocalcemia ... - Differential ... Malabsorption Syndromes ... Rhabdomyolysis #Hypocalcemia ... #endocrinology