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Hypokalemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Extra-renal Losses:
 • Normal Acid-Base: Low intake
 • Metabolic acidosis: Gl tract
• Metabolic acidosis ... • Metabolic acidosis ... : Proximal and distal ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #causes ... potassium #low #nephrology
BEE Syndromes - Immune-mediated conditions affecting the brain, eye, and ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in conjunction
BEE Syndromes - ... eye, and ear Visual ... important, as early ... Inflammatory causes ... #neurology #inflammatory
Hypokalemia Evaluation Algorithm

Before evaluating hypokalemia, life threatening complications such as arrhythmias and paralysis should be looked
wasting from other causes ... suggests extra-renal causes ... - Metabolic acidosis ... Proximal RTA, Distal ... differential #potassium #nephrology
BEE Syndromes - Non-inflammatory Causes

Immune-mediated conditions affecting the Brain, Eye, and Ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in
Non-inflammatory Causes ... Eye, and Ear Visual ... important, as early ... Non-inflammatory causes ... #neurology #noninflammatory
Alexia Without Agraphia
Alexia without agraphia is a disconnection syndrome where patients cannot read but can write.
disconnection syndrome ... the most common cause ... Pathophysiology: ... Agraphia #clinical #neurology ... #diagnosis #pathophysiology
Thiamine Deficiency - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Clinical Manifestations

Causes of Thiamine Deficiency:
 • Poor intake:
	- Diets
Manifestations Causes ... - Refeeding syndrome ... seen • Lactic acidosis ... neuropathy of the distal ... beriberi #nutrition #pathophysiology
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Guillain-Barre Syndrome ... Epidemiology: • 1-2 cases ... Guillain-Barre Pathophysiology ... with walking to nearly ... management #treatment #neurology
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
mental status • Visual ... Etiology: • Pathophysiology ... the underlying cause ... with AEDs until cause ... diagnosis #management #neurology
Metabolic Causes of Kidney Stones in Children
 • Calcium Oxalate: Primary Hyperoxaluria type 1-3, Secondary Hyperoxaluria
Metabolic Causes ... Calcium Phosphate: Distal ... Renal Tubular Acidosis ... SwastiThinks #Metabolic #Causes ... Stones #pediatrics #nephrology
Causes of Hyperkalemia - Intercellular Shift - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Transcellular Shift - Appropriate renal excretion (GFR,
Causes of Hyperkalemia ... excretion (GFR, TTKG, distal ... Gap Metabolic Acidosis ... Tumor Lysis Syndrome ... IntercellularShift #Nephrology