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Pruritus - Generalized Differential Diagnosis Algorithm - Systemic and Primary Causes
== Primary Skin Lesions ==
Macules /
Blood Glucose: • Diabetes ... • Leukemia • Polycythemia ... Pruritus #primary #secondary
Hyperglycemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Diabetes Mellitus:
 • Impaired Glucose Tolerance
 • Type I Diabetes
 • Type
Diagnosis Algorithm Diabetes ... • Type 2 Diabetes ... • Gestational Diabetes ... agonists • Others Critical ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #endocrinology
Causes of Growth Discrepancy: Large for Gestational Age - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Maternal Factors:
 • Multiparity
 •
co-morbidities (e.g. diabetes ... Cerebral palsy secondary ... Hypoglycemia • Polycythemia
Hyperuricemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Primary - Over-production
     • Increased turnover of nucleotides
Primary
• Starvation Secondary ... High purine diet Secondary ... Hyperparathyroidism • Diabetic ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #endocrinology
CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS 
OF ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY. 

Primary and secondary adrenal insufficiency:
 - Tiredness, weakness, mental depression
CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS ... Primary and secondary ... adrenomyeloneuropathy Secondary ... testicles - Secondary ... visual symptoms - Diabetes
Primary Hyperthyroidism - Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

Note: Although rare, gestational diseases can lead to thyrotoxicosis due
Pathogenesis and Clinical ... Secondary hyperthyroidism ... Hyperthyroidism #endocrinology
Adrenal Insufficiency Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Clinical suspicion: Weakness, fatigue, nausea, musculoskeletal pain, dizziness, volume depletion, abdominal pain,
Diagnosis Algorithm Clinical ... baseline ACTH - Secondary ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #endocrinology
Necrotizing Fasciitis: African-American patient with diabetes that predisposed him to rapidly 
progressive infection. Lower extremity is
African-American patient with diabetes ... less apparent secondary ... UCSD Catalog of Clinical ... Images #Clinical
Approach to Thyroid Function Tests in the Evaluation of Hyperthyroidism
 • Low TSH, Low normal T4
of pregnancy, critical ... T3 → Central (secondary ... algorithm #diagnosis #endocrinology
Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA) - Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
 • Note: in DKA, body K+ is lost
Diabetic Ketoacidosis ... Pathogenesis and Clinical ... pathophysiology #endocrinology ... #diabetes