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Causes of Excessive Daytime Sleepiness - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Insufficient Sleep
 • Poor Sleep Hygiene
 • Insomnia
Daytime Sleepiness - Differential ... Shift Work) Sleep ... Limb Movement Disorder ... Excessive #Daytime #Fatigue ... #Sleepiness #Differential
Approach to Acid Base Disorders - Evaluation and Differential Diagnosis
1) Start with the Anion Gap (AG).
2)
Approach to Acid ... Base Disorders ... Evaluation and Differential ... Generally, for acid ... #Evaluation #workup
Causes of Fatigue - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Endocrine
 • Hypo/Hyperthyroidism
 • Diabetes
 • Pituitary Insufficiency
 • Adrenal
- Differential ... Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary ... • Drug Abuse (e.g ... • Somatization Disorder ... #Differential #
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Acid Base Disorders ... Differentials? ... Classically” noted with pulmonary ... #AcidBase #disorders ... ABG #bloodgas #Acid
Causes of Intrauterine Growth Restriction / Small for Gestational Age - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Fetal Factors:
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Gestational Age - Differential ... • Autoimmune disorders ... Hypoxemia • Pulmonary ... • Folic acid ... GestationalAge #SGA
Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Approach To Weakness:
 • Non-neuromuscular disorder (Cardiac, pulmonary etc)
 • CNS ->
Weakness - Differential ... Non-neuromuscular disorder ... (Cardiac, pulmonary ... • Inflammatory disorders ... dystrophies Work
Increased Airway Pressure - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Using these steps from start to end should
confirm reservoir bag ... blood gas, 12-lead ECG ... o Aspiration, pulmonary ... Airway #Pressure #Differential ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup
Causes of ST Segment Elevation - Differential Diagnosis Framework

STEMI:
 • Upsloping convex STE: "Pardee's sign" +
Segment Elevation - Differential ... QRS complex Pulmonary ... Electrolyte Disorders ... Segment #Elevation #differential ... #ekg #electrocardiogram
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

What?
Myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of disorders caused by blood cells that are poorly
are a group of disorders ... formed or don’t work ... Symptoms: • Fatigue ... vitamin B12 or folic acid ... blood count with differential
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy (PPCM)

What is PPCM?
• A form of acute systolic heart failure that develops late in
• Hypertensive disorders ... , selenium) Differential ... dysfunction • Pulmonary ... tachycardia on the electrocardiogram ... and pulmonary venous