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Causes of Peripheral Weakness with Sensory Changes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Radiculopathy:
 • Disc
 • Spondylosis
 •
Causes of Peripheral ... Dependent): • Diabetes ... Nutrition • Alcohol ... Weakness #Sensory #Neurology ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Causes of Metabolic Acidosis with Elevated Anion Gap - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Elevated Anion Gap > 12
Causes of Metabolic ... errors Ketosis • Diabetic ... • Starvation/alcoholic ... Ketosis Toxic alcohol ... MetabolicAcidosis #AnionGap #Nephrology
Causes of Prolonged Emergence - Anesthesiology

Prolonged Drug Action:
• Overdose 
• Hypothermia (< 33 C) 
• Incr
Causes of Prolonged ... Prolonged Drug Action ... hyperglycemia • HONK / diabetic ... • Sepsis • Alcohol ... Neurologic
Causes of Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unprovoked - Epilepsy:
 • Focal: Simple, Complex
 • Generalized: Absence,
Causes of Seizures ... Moyamoya • Toxic: Alcohol ... , Medication, Recreational ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes ... #neurology
High Anion Gap Metabolic Acidosis (HAGMA) - Differential Diagnosis - GOLDMARK

Glycols - ethylene and propylene glycol
Oxoproline
salicylate toxicity causes ... Ketoacidosis - diabetic ... , alcohol, starvation ... GOLDMARK #mnemonic #nephrology
Generalized Seizures and Pseudoseizures
Generalized seizures "are conceptualized as originating as some point within, and rapidly engaging,
general seizure caused ... and metabolic causes ... withdrawal from alcohol ... Classification #Diagnosis #Neurology ... Signs #Symptoms #Comparison
Hyperkalemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

PseudoHyperkalemia:
 • Lab error
 • Traumatic venipuncture
 • Hemolysis, thrombocytosis, leukocytosis
 •
- Transfusion reaction ... (Uncontrolled diabetes ... Medications 2. ... differential #diagnosis #causes ... potassium #high #nephrology
Causes of Hypomagnesemia
 • Redistribution: IV glucose, Correction of diabetic ketoacidosis, IV hyperalimentation, Refeeding after starvation,
Causes of Hypomagnesemia ... Correction of diabetic ... intoxication, Alcohol ... Hypomagnesemia #Causes ... differential #diagnosis #nephrology
Hyperkalemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

PseudoHyperkalemia:
 • Lab error
 • Traumatic venipuncture
 • Hemolysis, thrombocytosis, leukocytosis
 •
- Transfusion reaction ... (Uncontrolled diabetes ... Medications 2. ... differential #diagnosis #causes ... potassium #high #nephrology
Causes of High-anion Gap and Non-anion Gap Metabolic Acidosis
Causes of High-anion Gap Acidosis:
 • Lactic acidosis
Causes of High-anion ... Metabolic Acidosis Causes ... Ketoacidosis: Diabetic ... , Alcoholic, Starvation ... #nephrology