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Causes of Metabolic Alkalosis - Differential Diagnosis
Chloride depletion syndromes
 • Gastrointestinal losses
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- Differential Diagnosis ... Chloruretic drugs (eg ... • Severe potassium ... depletion (serum potassium ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Hypokalemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Transcellular Shift:
 • Alkalosis
 • ↑ beta-2 adrenergic simulation 
 • Erythropoiesis
- Differential Diagnosis ... • Hypokalemic periodic ... • Refeeding syndrome ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... nephrology #low #potassium
Causes of Excessive Daytime Sleepiness - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Insufficient Sleep
 • Poor Sleep Hygiene
 • Insomnia
- Differential Diagnosis ... Shift Work) Sleep ... Restless Legs Syndrome ... • Periodic Limb ... Hypoventilation Syndrome
Thyrotoxic Periodic Paralysis - Illness Script
 • Epidemiology: Asian men age 20-30 with hyperthyroidism of any
Thyrotoxic Periodic ... or high T3 • Treatment ... : Potassium and ... #Thyrotoxic #Periodic ... #Paralysis #diagnosis
Tumor Lysis Syndrome - Workup and Management

Initial workup: BMP, Serum uric acid, LDH, Urine output, Consider
Tumor Lysis Syndrome ... Initial workup ... ≥ 8 mg/dL • Potassium ... of the above Treatment ... #diagnosis #management
Algorithm for patients with hypokalemia on the basis of the potassium-to-creatinine ratio in the urine
Urine K+
the basis of the potassium-to-creatinine ... shift: Hypokalemic periodic ... , Gitelman syndrome ... hypokalemia #urine #potassium ... differential #algorithm #diagnosis
Proposed Algorithm for Diagnosing Sarcoidosis
Highly suggestive Clinicoradiological Findings → Clinical diagnosis (without biopsy) e.g. Löfgren's syndrome
Suggestive
Algorithm for Diagnosing ... without biopsy) e.g ... Löfgren's syndrome ... and/or cytology (e.g ... #Workup
Toluene Poisoning - Diagnosis and Management Summary
What is it?  Volatile hydrocarbon, Glue or paint-sniffing, Occupational
Toluene Poisoning - Diagnosis ... May present as periodic ... may be ↑ or ↓ Treatment ... environment • Potassium ... #Management #Treatment
Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome

WPW is a congenital abnormality characterized by an abnormal accessory conduction pathway between the atria
Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome ... QRS interval on EKG ... The definitive treatment ... WPW #Cardiology #ECG ... #Clinical #Diagnosis
Classification of Tumor Lysis Syndrome (TLS) and Treatment of Metabolic Abnormalities of TLS
Laboratory TLS:
 • Uric
of Tumor Lysis Syndrome ... (TLS) and Treatment ... 8.0 mg/dL • Potassium ... #TumorLysis #Syndrome ... #TLS #diagnosis