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Diabetic Myonecrosis (Diabetic Muscle Infarction)
 • Spontaneous ischemic necrosis of skeletal muscle (anterior thigh or calf)
(Diabetic Muscle ... (anterior thigh ... Common pattern: ↑CK ... treatment • High ... Infarction #diagnosis #management
Hyperkalemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

PseudoHyperkalemia:
 • Lab error
 • Traumatic venipuncture
 • Hemolysis, thrombocytosis, leukocytosis
 •
Hyperkalemia - Differential ... phlebotomy High ... Hyperkalemia: • CKD ... (Uncontrolled diabetes ... causes #potassium #high
Hyperkalemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

PseudoHyperkalemia:
 • Lab error
 • Traumatic venipuncture
 • Hemolysis, thrombocytosis, leukocytosis
 •
Hyperkalemia - Differential ... phlebotomy High ... Hyperkalemia: • CKD ... (Uncontrolled diabetes ... causes #potassium #high
Hypernatremia - Differential Diagnosis and Treatment
Hypernatremia is almost always due to unreplaced water loss (free water
Hypernatremia - Differential ... The differential ... urine osm (in DI; high ... post-obstructive 3) Diabetes ... Diagnosis #Treatment #management
Myasthenic Crisis Checklist - Myasthenia Gravis

Evaluation 
 - Chest X-ray and lung ultrasound (exclude other lung
Phos), CBC with differential ... unless extremely high ... macrolides - Muscle ... anticholinergics, high-dose ... MyastheniaGravis #Checklist #Management
Approach to Tracheostomy Emergencies - OnePager Summary
COMPONENTS OF A TRACHEOSTOMY TUBE:
 • Obturator - inserted into
, outer diameter ... Surgical management ... will be required (high ... Emergencies #diagnosis #differential ... #management #pulmonary
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
complements and a high ... erythematosus (SCLE ... permanent alopecia Differential ... Valvular disorders • CAD
Autoimmune Myositis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Myopathies: Commonly symmetric proximal muscle weakness, no substantial muscle pain
Autoimmune Myositis - Differential ... (symmetric) • CK ... weakness • CK ... weakness • Very high ... #rheumatology #differential
Management of Pruritus in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease
Pruritus with no primary lesions - differential diagnosis:
Management of Pruritus ... primary lesions - differential ... Polycythemia vera) Management ... , uncontrolled diabetes ... #Nephrology #CKD
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy (PPCM)

What is PPCM?
• A form of acute systolic heart failure that develops late in
• Key Point: High ... : weaken heart muscle ... , selenium) Differential ... thyrotoxicosis, and other high-output ... recognition and management