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Thiamine Deficiency - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Clinical Manifestations

Causes of Thiamine Deficiency:
 • Poor intake:
	- Diets
- Differential Diagnosis ... high in polished rice ... Legumes, Pork, Brown rice ... White/polished rice ... #Differential #Diagnosis
1,3 Beta-D-Glucan and Galactomannan - Pathogens, and Testing Characteristics
1,3 ß-D-glucan:
 • Most fungi excluding mucor and
Most specific for diagnosing ... , milk, pasta, rice ... InfectiousDiseases #Diagnosis
Hyperkalemia: Diagnostic algorithm
Decreased renal potassium excretion
 • Acute renal failure
 • Chronic renal failure
 • Drugs
Increased
Hyperkalemia: Diagnostic ... • Potassium-rich ... #Hyperkalemia #Diagnosis
Causes of Ascites - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Portal Hypertension - Prehepatic:
 • Portal vein thrombosis
 • Splenic
- Differential Diagnosis ... Hypertension - Protein-rich ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Main types of autoimmune encephalitis in the ICU. 
Anti-NMDAR anti-N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor, ADEM acute disseminated encephalomyelitis, Anti-GFAP
Anti-LGI1 anti-leucine-rich ... table #neurology #diagnosis
Lymphomas and Lymphoproliferative Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hodgkin Lymphoma ~40% - Characteristic For Reed-Sternberg (RS) Cells
- Differential Diagnosis ... Cellularity, Lymphocyte Rich ... pathophysiology #Hematology #Diagnosis
Hypopyon in Endophthalmitis 

A tiny hypopyon went a long way in cinching a patient's endophthalmitis diagnosis
endophthalmitis diagnosis ... - Rick Pescatore
Risk Factors and Signs of Copper Deficiency
Risk Factors:
 • Gastrointestinal: Previous upper bowel resection/bariatric surgery, Inflammatory
consumption of copper-rich ... Copper #Deficiency #diagnosis
Amiodarone Thyroid Complications
Amiodarone: 
 - iodine-rich, similar structure to T4, with half life up to 100d
Amiodarone: - iodine-rich ... endocrinology #diagnosis
Suspected sepsis: Summary of NICE guidlelines #Diagnosis #Management #EM #IM #PrimaryCare #Sepsis #NICE #Monitoring #BMJ
sepsis: Summary of NICE ... guidlelines #Diagnosis ... PrimaryCare #Sepsis #NICE