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Causes of Hypocalcemia by Clinical Cause

Acute illness: pancreatitis, tumor lysis, severe illness - Secondary hyperparathyroidism from
Causes of Hypocalcemia ... by Clinical Cause ... dietary intake - Vitamin ... Malabsorption syndrome - Vitamin ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Refeeding Syndrome Overview

What Is It?
	• Electrolyte/fluid shifts caused by initiation of nutrition in severely malnourished patient.
changes and may cause ... severe clinical ... Hypo-Mg2+ • Vitamin ... • Pellagra • Vitamin ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Scurvy (Vitamin C Deficiency) - Diagnosis and Management

Vitamin C is required for hydroxylation of proline residues
Scurvy (Vitamin ... Deficiency) - Diagnosis ... poor nutrition Clinical ... , or any other cause ... Pathophysiology #Nutrition #Diagnosis
Major neurocognitive disorders (MNCD): Diagnosis and workup 

1) Clinical diagnosis Cognitive impairment + loss of autonomy
2)
workup 1) Clinical ... diagnosis Cognitive ... syphilis, Whipple, vitamin ... Alzheimer - 1st cause ... Dementia - 2nd cause
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
Causes of spinal ... • Extrinsic Causes ... • Intrinsic Causes ... , and HIV) - Vitamin ... #differential #diagnosis
Vitamin deficiency causes clinical disease
Vitamin C deficiency causes scurvy.  Vitamin C is important for the
Vitamin deficiency ... causes clinical ... disease Vitamin ... C deficiency causes ... so deficiency causes
Low Alkaline Phosphatase - Hypophosphatasia 

Is Low Alkaline Phosphatase Of Clinical Importance?

ALP enzyme- Discovered in 1923
Low
Phosphatase Of Clinical ... Most cases diagnosed ... deficiency • Vitamin ... Difficulty walking Diagnosis ... Phosphatase: • Other causes
Vitamin B12 (Cobalamin) Deficiency
Etiology:
 • Vit B12 - aka cobalamin. Present in foods derived from animal
Vitamin B12 (Cobalamin ... • Common Causes ... intrinsic factor, IF) Clinical ... consider other diagnosis ... @taleanski #Vitamin
Clinically Important Vitamins and Vitamin Deficiency States
Fat-soluble Vitamins: 
 • Vitamin A - Xerophthalmia, night blindness,
Clinically Important ... Vitamins and Vitamin ... States Fat-soluble Vitamins ... : • Vitamin A ... #differential #diagnosis
Causes of Hypercalcemia due to increased Vitamin D levels
 • The BIG 3:
Causes of Hypercalcemia ... due to increased Vitamin ... Hypercalcemia #VitaminD ... #causes #differential ... #diagnosis #endocrinology