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Primary Bone Tumors - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 

Metastatic - Most common tumour in adults
 - Breast
Primary Bone Tumors ... Algorithm Metastatic ... • Aneurysmal Bone ... Histiocytoma #Primary #Bone ... #Orthopedics #Causes
Causes of Hypomagnesemia
Redistribution:
 - IV glucose
 - Correction of diabetic ketoacidosis
 - IV hyperalimentation
 - Refeeding
Causes of Hypomagnesemia ... Postparathyroidectomy (hungry bone ... - Osteoblastic metastasis ... (hungry bone syndrome ... Hypomagnesemia #Causes
Appearance of Liver Lesions on Various Imaging Modalities
 • Computed Tomography (CT) - Arterial Phase, Portal
Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound ... embryonal sarcoma, Metastasis ... Lesions #Hepatic #Ultrasound ... diagnosis #comparison #table
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis and Screening Testing
Common causes: 
 • Renal parenchymal disease
Causes of Secondary ... Testing Common causes ... disease - Renal ultrasound ... Duplex Doppler ultrasound ... Screening #Workup #table
A toxidrome is a syndrome (set of symptoms) caused by specific medications or toxins.

There are 5
set of symptoms) caused ... There are 5 big ones ... Toxidromes #Comparison #Table
Hypomagnesemia - Etiologies by Mechanism

Decreased GI Uptake 
 - Poor dietary intake (particularly common in alcoholics)
Pancreatitis - Hungry bones ... Low #Magnesium #Table ... Classification #Causes
Back Pain - Differential Diagnosis
Primary Back Pathology:
 • Musculoligamentous injury (a.k.a. lumbosacral strain)
 • Spondylosis (i.e.
fracture secondary to metastatic ... Differential #Diagnosis #causes ... #primarycare #table
Causes of Hypomagnesemia
 • Redistribution: IV glucose, Correction of diabetic ketoacidosis, IV hyperalimentation, Refeeding after starvation,
Causes of Hypomagnesemia ... Postparathyroidectomy (hungry bone ... , Osteoblastic metastasis ... (hungry bone syndrome ... Hypomagnesemia #Causes
Micronutrient Deficiencies After Gastric Bypass
Fat-Soluble Vitamins:
 • Vitamin A - Night/complete blindness, xeropthalmia (pathologic dryness of
cornea), poor bone ... • Vitamin D - Bone ... • Thiamine - Nausea ... : • Calcium - Bone ... vitamin #nutrition #table
Pneumoperitoneum from perforated duodenal ulcer on RUQ POCUS

Male with severe RUQ abdominal pain. Answer in thread.
as shown in the case ... worry about rare case ... Robert Jones @RJonesSonoEM ... POCUS #clinical #ultrasound