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Altered Mental Status - Differential Diagnosis
 • Neurologic: Stroke, Cerebral hypoxia, Cerebral hemorrhage, Seizure, Trauma, TBI,
Diagnosis • Neurologic ... Stroke, Cerebral hypoxia ... Hypercarbia, Vitamin deficiency ... Mental #Status #AMS ... Diagnosis #Causes
Fatigue and IBD Algorithm
 • 40-50% patients have fatigue despite clinical remission
 • Risk factors: BMI,
Crohn's > UC Anemia ... Receptor (sTfR) to differentiate ... restricted diet/deficiency ... report dehydration as ... /other causes
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
Lactic Acidosis - Differential ... malignancy, or thiamine deficiency ... 30mmHg) - Severe anemia ... effect - Thiamine deficiency ... Acidosis #Elevation #Differential
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Differentials? ... Renal failure (uremia ... , pain, fever, hypoxia ... with associated hypoxia ... Diagnosis #Summary #Nephrology
Hypotension - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Hypotension is commonly due to unnecessarily deep anaesthesia, the autonomic
rhythm, treat as ... ischaemia → 3-12 ... #Hypotension #Differential ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

What?
Myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of disorders caused by blood cells that are poorly
formed or don’t work ... Nutritional: vitamin B12 ... or folic acid deficiency ... Workup: • Complete ... blood count with differential
Intraoperative Cardiac Ischaemia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

If the patient is unconscious, signs of cardiac
Obtain a 12-lead ... ECG as soon as ... calcium. ❽ Treat anaemia ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup
Cardiac Arrest - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

The probable cause is one or more of: something
As soon as ... 4 H’s, 4 T’s: Hypoxia ... CardiacArrest #Checklist ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
Check Vitamin B12 ... • Infectious causes ... • Nutritional Deficiency ... diagnosis #management #neurology ... #differential
Anosmia Causes - Principal Etiologies of Olfactory Dysfunction
For olfactory disorders (and for most taste problems), the
Anosmia Causes - ... these conditions.12 ... with memory or neurologic ... disorders #Diagnosis #Differential ... #Anosmia #Hyposmia