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Gerstmann Syndrome
1) Finger agnosia - Inability to name their own fingers, affecting both sides
2) Right-left confusion
Gerstmann Syndrome ... 1) Finger agnosia ... name their own fingers ... - Inability to differentiate ... #neurology #diagnosis
Hypermagnesemia - Etiologies by Mechanism
Renal Failure 
Excessive Mg Administration 
 - Massive PO intake
Failure Excessive Mg ... - Excessive IV Mg ... - Tumor lysis syndrome ... Hypermagnesemia #Differential ... #Diagnosis #High
Causes of Metabolic Alkalosis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Urine chloride < 20 mmol/l - Chloride responsive (Chloride
Metabolic Alkalosis - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Exogenous alkali, Mg ... BP = Bartter's Syndrome ... , Gitelman's Syndrome
Approach to ECGs - Tachy/Bradyarrhythmias
Tachyarrhythmias - HR > 100
Wide
  (1) VT - DANGER
  (2)
Wide (1) VT - DANGER ... B Afib + WPW - DANGER ... (2) Sick Sinus Syndrome ... bradyarrhythmia #ECG #EKG #diagnosis ... electrocardiogram #cardiology #differential
Cancer agents and Electrolyte Disorders
 • Hypocalcemia: Cisplatin from Low Mg, Cetuximab- due to low Mg
Axitinib,
Cisplatin from Low Mg ... Ifosfamide - Fanconi syndrome ... Ifosfamide - Fanconi syndrome ... #chemotherapy #diagnosis ... #differential
Causes of Hypomagnesemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
GI LOSS - FeMg < 2-2.5% or 24h Urine Mg
Hypomagnesemia - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... 2.5% or 24h Urine Mg ... 2.5% or 24h Urine Mg ... • Gitelman's syndrome
Important Causes of Diplopia 
TIER 1-CRITICAL
Basilar artery thrombosis, Botulism, Basilar meningitis, Aneurysmn
TIER 2-EMERGENT:
Vertebral dissection, Myasthenia gravis,
Diplopia TIER 1-CRITICAL ... tumor, Miller-Fisher ... syndrome, Multiple ... mass #Diplopia #differential ... #diagnosis #ophthalmology
Hypomagnesemia - Etiologies by Mechanism

Decreased GI Uptake 
 - Poor dietary intake (particularly common in alcoholics)
Familial renal Mg ... wasting syndromes ... - Hungry bones syndrome ... Hypomagnesemia #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Low
Hypocalcemia - Diagnosis and Management
PTH Independent (↑ PTH)
 • LOW VIT D
    -
Hypocalcemia - Diagnosis ... Radiation - Mg ... - DiGeorge Syndrome ... #Hypocalcemia #Diagnosis ... endocrinology #differential
Hypophosphatemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Decreased intake/absorption: Starvation, Alcoholism, Malabsorption, Phosphate binder use
 • Redistribution/
Hypophosphatemia - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Malabsorption, Phosphate binder ... ), Hungry bone syndrome ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm