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Causes of Primary Amenorrhea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
No onset of menarche by age 16 with secondary
Causes of Primary ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Hypothalamic: • Functional ... (e.g. eating disorder ... Constitutional delay
Urinalysis & Urine Sodium 
Theophilus Protospatharius, a seventh-century physician who wrote the first manuscript focused exclusively
Urinis", determined heating ... French scholar named ... includes the complete analysis ... • Urinary casts ... with normal renal function
Causes of Hypokalemia
Transcellular Shifts:
 - Alkalosis, Increased plasma insulin (treatment of diabetic ketoacidosis), ß-Adrenergic agonists, Hypokalemic
Causes of Hypokalemia ... hypomagnesemia), Eating ... , nasogastric suction ... mineralocorticoid excess and related ... #Hypokalemia #Causes
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
This becomes a flawed ... only 5% of the resting ... treat the primary cause ... #diagnosis #algorithm ... #criticalcare #foamed
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
This becomes a flawed ... only 5% of the resting ... treat the primary cause ... cardiology #clinica l#foamed ... #algorithm #criticalcare
Delayed Fracture Healing - Non-Union - Malunion - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Inflammation (Hours-Days) -> Soft Callus (Days-Weeks)
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Biologic Failure Functional ... normal axis Non Functional ... Misalignment before casting ... #Orthopedics #Causes
Amyloidosis - Summary
Group of disorders associated with extracellular deposition of fibrils formed from low-molecular-weight proteins in
deposition of fibrils formed ... amyloidosis • Dialysis-related ... hypoadrenalism • Nausea ... Amyloidosis Diagnostic Testing ... typing Cardiac Testing
The crusade against “Ab”Normal Saline continues.  This is a non-physiologic fluid that can harm our
derangements in function ... K+ in the ECF causes ... possibly requiring dialysis ... patients we are all treating ... #foamed #criticalcare