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Classification, Differential Diagnosis, and Features of Hyponatremia According to Volume Status 

Hypervolemic hypernatremia 
 - CHF
- Nephrotic syndrome ... - Acute and ... chronic kidney disease ... Differential #Diagnosis #Table ... #Causes
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
potentially be an acute ... • Budd-Chiari syndrome ... Irritable bowel syndrome ... aneurysms • Acute ... #Diagnosis #gastroenterology
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
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Causes of Chronic ... Artery Disease • Stable ... Angina • Acute ... Coronary Syndrome ... Metabolic Acidosis #Chronic
Diagnostic Framework for Anemia (Morphological Approach - MCV)
Low MCV - <80fL - "Microcytic"
 • Iron deficiency
• Anemia of chronic ... kidney disease, Acute ... Megaloblastic: Vitamin B12 ... Myelodysplastic syndrome ... differential #diagnosis #causes
Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure (ACLF) Clinical Guidelines

ACLF = possibly reversible condition in those with CLD (± cirrhosis)
Acute-on-Chronic ... Failure (ACLF) Clinical ... months without treatment ... #Chronic #Liver ... Cirrhosis #Hepatology #gastroenterology
The Inhibited Pathway caused by N2O, leading to a decrease in the active form of Vitamin
Inhibited Pathway caused ... Chronic abuse of ... - Chronic use ... a syndrome identical ... The classic clinical
Wernicke Encephalopathy - Acute B1 (Thiamine) Deficiency - Diagnosis and Management
Diagnosis - Caine Criteria (2 of
Encephalopathy - Acute ... • Chronic alcoholism ... Anorexia nervosa Treatment ... development of Korsakoff syndrome ... (chronic B1 deficiency
Chronic Pancreatitis

Definition: A pathologic fibroinflammatory syndrome of the pancreas in individuals with genetic, environmental, and/or other
Chronic Pancreatitis ... fibroinflammatory syndrome ... sensitivity) Clinical ... diagnosis #management #gastroenterology ... #treatment
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
renal failure Clinical ... but stable or chronic ... and progressive Acute ... abnormal LFT): 12 ... : ACUTE, fever,
Oroya Fever
Hematologic disease caused by Bartonella bacilliformis
Restricted to the Andes highlands of Peru & Ecuador
B. bacilliformis:
Hematologic disease caused ... Incubation period: 3-12 ... Lutzomyia verrucarum Clinical ... toxo reactivation Clinical ... TREATMENT: ​• Acute