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Hypomagnesemia - Etiologies by Mechanism

Decreased GI Uptake 
 - Poor dietary intake (particularly common in alcoholics)
renal tubular dysfunction ... renal Mg wasting syndromes ... - Gitelman syndrome ... - Hungry bones syndrome ... Low #Magnesium #Table
Compelling and Possible Contraindications to Antihypertensive Drugs
Diuretics (thiazides)
 - Gout
 - Metabolic syndrome, Glucose intolerance, Pregnancy,
- Metabolic syndrome ... Hypokalemia, Erectile dysfunction ... -3), Severe LV dysfunction ... ) - Erectile dysfunction ... contraindications #table
Micronutrient Deficiencies After Gastric Bypass
Fat-Soluble Vitamins:
 • Vitamin A - Night/complete blindness, xeropthalmia (pathologic dryness of
encephalopathy, oculomotor dysfunction ... ataxia), Korsakoff syndrome ... ataxia, cognitive dysfunction ... vitamin #nutrition #table
Mechanisms of acute right ventricular dysfunction/failure (RVD/RVF) #rightventricle #rvfailure #rvdysfunction
right ventricular dysfunction ... rightventricle #rvfailure #rvdysfunction
Reye Syndrome 
Progressive encephalopathy with hepatic dysfunction 

#Reyes #Syndrome #Toxicology #Peds #Pediatrics #aspirin #salicylate
Reye Syndrome ... encephalopathy with hepatic dysfunction ... #Reyes #Syndrome
Cardiorenal Syndromes (CRS) - Classification

Cardiorenal syndromes (CRS) define a broad scope of disorders of the heart
Cardiorenal Syndromes ... Cardiorenal syndromes ... acute or chronic dysfunction ... acute or chronic dysfunction ... #Cardiorenal #Syndromes
Causes of Adrenal Insufficiency - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Autoimmune:
 • Isolated
 • Polyglandular autoimmune syndrome 1
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Polyglandular autoimmune syndrome ... Polyglandular autoimrnune syndrome ... • Pituitary dysfunction ... • Hypothalamic dysfunction
Diastolic Function Grading - Schematic diastolic filling patterns

I: impaired relaxation, II: moderate diastolic dysfunction (pseudonormal), III:
moderate diastolic dysfunction ... Diastolic #Diastology #Dysfunction ... Grades #Criteria #Table
Wernicke Encephalopathy - Acute B1 (Thiamine) Deficiency - Diagnosis and Management
Diagnosis - Caine Criteria (2 of
• Oculomotor dysfunctions ... • Cerebellar dysfunction ... development of Korsakoff syndrome
Acute Spinal Cord Injuries: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Anterior Cord Syndrome -> Anterior spinal artery
Anterior Cord Syndrome ... • Central Cord Syndrome ... Upper Extremity Dysfunction ... Posterior Cord Syndrome ... deficiencies -> Sphincter dysfunction