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Suggested diagnostic approach to a patient with exudative ascites. Low ascitic fluid protein should direct practitioners
syndrome as a cause ... lymphatic obstruction before ... Although nonhepatic causes ... with ascites, the differential ... This differential
Hypertension in Pregnancy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Pre-existing Hypertension - Before Pregnancy OR <20 weeks gestational age
in Pregnancy - Differential ... Hypertension - Before ... Hypertension #Pregnancy #Differential ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #causes
Refeeding Syndrome Overview

What Is It?
	• Electrolyte/fluid shifts caused by initiation of nutrition in severely malnourished patient.
Electrolyte/fluid shifts caused ... changes and may cause ... abnormalities before ... arrhythmias • Thiamine before ... Syndrome #Nutrition #Differential
Algorithm for the diagnosis of chronic diarrhea.
It is usually impractical to test and treat the many
many possible causes ... In most cases, it ... type of diarrhea before ... the much smaller differential
Hypokalemia Evaluation Algorithm

Before evaluating hypokalemia, life threatening complications such as arrhythmias and paralysis should be looked
Evaluation Algorithm Before ... wasting from other causes ... suggests extra-renal causes ... diagnosis #Algorithm #differential
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
Causes of Secondary ... Hypertension - Workup and Differential ... Proven age of onset before ... Causes: • Vascular ... #Differential #
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
Causes of Lactate ... Lactic Acidosis - Differential ... The most common causes ... diagnostic tests before ... Acidosis #Elevation #Differential
Secondary Causes of Hyperlipidemia
Nunerous secondary causes of hyperlipidemia exist; screening for the presence of these underlying
Secondary Causes ... Nunerous secondary causes ... should be IRIfonned before ... Hyperlipidemia #Secondary #Causes ... #differential #
Delayed Fracture Healing - Non-Union - Malunion - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Inflammation (Hours-Days) -> Soft Callus (Days-Weeks)
Non-Union - Malunion - Differential ... • Misalignment before ... Malunion #MSK #Differential ... #Orthopedics #Causes
Upper Motor Neuron (UMN) lesions are lesions occurring anywhere in the CNS from the brain up
the spinal cord before ... form part of the differential ... neurotransmitter cause ... & LMN lesions cause ... This lesion causes