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Causes of Depressed / Lethargic Newborn - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Maternal Related:
 • Drugs (Ex. SSRI)
 •
Causes of Depressed ... Syndrome • Birth Asphyxia ... Hypoglycemia #Depressed ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Causes of Hypokalemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Increased Loss 
 - Increased GI Loss
 - Increased Urinary
Causes of Hypokalemia ... Urinary Loss Decreased ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #causes ... potassium #low #pathophysiology
Iron Deficiency in Heart Failure
Pathophysiology:
Chronic heart failure leads to an increase in inflammatory cytokines → Inflammation
Heart Failure Pathophysiology ... → Inflammation causes ... ferroportin → Decreased ... ferroportin leads to decreased ... endpoint of all-cause
Hydroxyurea - Pathophysiology and Benefits in Sickle Cell Disease
 • Decreases number of pain crises (
Hydroxyurea - Pathophysiology ... number of pain crises ... organ benefit and decreased ... Benefits #SickleCell #pathophysiology
Diplopia - Double Vision - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Clinical Pearls:
 • Diplopia is almost always binocular.
 •
a mass as the cause ... Nerve Ill - Eye depressed ... IV - Eye cannot depress ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes ... #Ophthalmology
Uncommon Causes of Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema (NCPE) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

High Altitude Pulmonary Edema:
 • Accumulation
epilepticus • Pathophysiology ... Pulmonary Edema: • Pathophysiology ... The predominant pathophysiologic ... intoxication include depressed ... • Pathophysiology
Conceptual Relationship between Volume Responsiveness and Volume Tolerance

Assessing for volume responsiveness would only tell you that
Causes of "Left ... Shift" (Decreased ... glycocalyx damage -decreased ... oncotic pressure -decreased ... #Differential #Pathophysiology
Central Retinal Vein Occlusion (CRVO)
 - Pathophysiology not fully understood; possibly due to thrombus located in
Occlusion (CRVO) - Pathophysiology ... Second most common cause ... disease (Most common cause ... ) #Clinical #Ophthalmology
Oxyhemoglobin Dissociation Curve 

Left Shift - decreased unloading of O2 at tissue level (i.e.  increased
Left Shift - decreased ... tissue level (i.e. decreased ... Dissociation #Curve #Pathophysiology ... #Differential #Causes
Amblyopia ("Lazy Eye"): Pathogenesis and clinical findings
Amblyopia => 
Interruption of visual stimulation during childhood visual development
amblyopic eye -> Decreased ... Amblyopia #LazyEye #pathophysiology ... #ophthalmology