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Approach to Acid Base Disorders - Evaluation and Differential Diagnosis
1) Start with the Anion Gap (AG).
2)
the chronicity (acute ... , chronic, or acute ... on chronic) of ... Differential Diagnosis ... Metabolic Acidosis, Pregnancy
Workup for Hypophosphatemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Rule out spurious hypophosphatemia: paraproteinemia, acute leukemia
Measure Urine Fractional Excretion
Diagnosis Framework ... paraproteinemia, acute ... Malabsorption, Chronic ... Denosumab, Estrogen based ... Workup #phosphate #nephrology
Hypophosphatemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Appropriately Low Kidney Phosphate Excretion:
 • Decreased GI Absorption: Chronic Diarrhea, Antacids,
Diagnosis Algorithm ... GI Absorption: Chronic ... Refeeding Syndrome, Acute ... inhibitor, Estrogen based ... #nephrology #phosphorus
RPR - False Positives
Causes of a false positive RPR that are not syphilis. (False-negative treponemal tests
tests are rare; case ... Acute (<6 months ... Infections • Acute ... #differential # ... diagnosis #syphilis
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Acid Base Disorders ... Acute or chronic ... Compensation, Acute ... Diagnosis: Causes ... #Summary #Nephrology
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
Pulse Pressure - Differential ... arteries) • Pregnancy ... disorders - Chronic ... significantly positive ... Acute Coronary Syndrome
Nausea and Vomiting - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Upper Gastrointestinal - Acute
 • Infectious Gastroenteritis
 • Gastric/Duodenal Obstruction
and Vomiting - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Gastrointestinal - Chronic ... /Metabolic • Pregnancy ... Monoxide • Heavy Metal
13 Dangerous Causes of Headache:
 - subarachnoid hemorrhage: family history, PCKD, known berry aneurysm, sudden and
head in dependent position ... or at work) - acute ... preeclampsia: late pregnancy ... postpartum #Diagnosis ... Dangerous #Deadly #Differential
Upper Lobe Lung Diseases - STAR CHASERS Mnemonic

S - Silicosis
T - Tuberculosis
A - Ankylosing Spondylitis
R -
3:1), and the base ... aspergillosis - Chronic ... pulmonary edema in acute ... lung #diseases #differential ... #diagnosis #mnemonic
Causes of Myoclonus - Differential Diagnosis
LOCALIZATION:
 • Cortical: Focal/multifocal: Distal UL+ Face, Action/sensitive induced
 • Sub-Cortical:
of Myoclonus - Differential ... Diagnosis LOCALIZATION ... encephalopathies, CJD • Chronic ... pulmonary), acid-base ... #neurology