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Causes of Low Vitamin B12 Levels
Low vitamin B12 intake - Vegetarianism, chronic alcoholism and older people
Autoimmune
achlorhydria Obstetric ... replacement therapy and pregnancy ... #VitaminB12 #deficiency ... #differential # ... diagnosis
Causes of Intrauterine Growth Restriction / Small for Gestational Age - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Fetal Factors:
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Fetal Factors: ... Uteroplacental Flow ... anemia • High ... GrowthRestriction #Pregnancy ... #Causes #Obstetrics
Workup for Hypophosphatemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Rule out spurious hypophosphatemia: paraproteinemia, acute leukemia
Measure Urine Fractional Excretion
Hypophosphatemia - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... paraproteinemia, acute ... Malabsorption, Chronic ... • Normal or High
Causes of Hypocalcemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Extravascular: Pancreatitis, surgery, acute phosphate intake and renal
Pancreatitis, surgery, acute ... Hyperphosphatemia, High ... Pseudohypoparathyroidism, Chronic ... Hyperphosphatemia, Low ... Hypophosphatemia: Vitamin D Deficiency
Diagnostic Framework for Anemia (Morphological Approach - MCV)
Low MCV - <80fL - "Microcytic"
 • Iron deficiency
Diagnostic Framework ... Approach - MCV) Low ... kidney disease, Acute ... Hospital-acquired anemia" High ... morphologic #mcv #differential
High-Res Chest CT Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Reticular:
 • Septal Thickening: Lymphangitic Carcinoma, Interstitial Edema, Alveolar
Patterns - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... Honeycombing - See Low ... Water, Tumor Low ... , ABPA, Immune Deficiency
Thiamine Deficiency - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Clinical Manifestations

Causes of Thiamine Deficiency:
 • Poor intake:
	- Diets
- Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... processed grains - Chronic ... utilization: - Pregnancy ... #Diagnosis #syndromes
Hypophosphatemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Appropriately Low Kidney Phosphate Excretion:
 • Decreased GI Absorption: Chronic Diarrhea, Antacids,
Diagnosis Algorithm ... Appropriately Low ... GI Absorption: Chronic ... Refeeding Syndrome, Acute ... Inappropriately High
Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy
Chronic Hypertension:
 • Guidelines as SBP ≥130 or DBP ≥ 90 mmHg
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during pregnancy ... liver enzymes, Low ... so have high clinical ... hypertension #htn #obstetrics ... #cardiology #differential
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
arteries) • Pregnancy ... • Severe iron deficiency ... disorders - Chronic ... significantly positive ... Acute Coronary Syndrome