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Prolonged neuromuscular blockade - Differential Diagnosis
- Drugs, Acid-base Disorders, Metabolic, Neurologic, Electrolyte abnormalities

By Mark Harris, MD
neuromuscular blockade - Differential ... Metabolic, Neurologic, Electrolyte ... blockade #Prolonged #Differential ... Anesthesiology #Causes
Primary and Secondary Causes of Cardiomyopathy
(a) Primary cardiomyopathies 
 - Genetic 
 - Mixed (genetic/acquired)
and Secondary Causes ... Autoimmune/collagen - Electrolyte ... Cardiomyopathy #Differential ... #Causes
AEIOU TIPS - Mnemonic for Causes of Altered Mental Status
A - Alcohol, Acidosis, Ammonia, Arrhythmia
E -
- Mnemonic for Causes ... Arrhythmia E - Electrolytes ... AEIOU #Mnemonic #Causes ... encephalopathy #diagnosis #differential
When to Evaluate for Secondary Causes of Hypertension
1. Severe or resistant HTN
2. Acute rise/lability in BP
3.
for Secondary Causes ... organ damage or electrolyte ... #Hypertension #causes ... #differential #
Causes of Proximal Muscle Weakness That May Mimic Inflammatory Myopathy
 • Central or peripheral neurologic disease
Causes of Proximal ... disorders • Electrolyte ... mimics #diagnosis #differential ... #causes #neurology
Altered Mental Status - Differential Diagnosis
 • Neurologic: Stroke, Cerebral hypoxia, Cerebral hemorrhage, Seizure, Trauma, TBI,
Mental Status - Differential ... • Metabolic: Electrolyte ... #Status #AMS #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Causes
Causes of Prolonged Emergence - Anesthesiology

Prolonged Drug Action:
• Overdose 
• Hypothermia (< 33 C) 
• Incr
Causes of Prolonged ... Metabolic Causes ... ketoacidosis • Electrolyte ... Anesthesiology #Causes ... #Differential
Refeeding Syndrome Overview

What Is It?
	• Electrolyte/fluid shifts caused by initiation of nutrition in severely malnourished patient.
Electrolyte/fluid ... shifts caused by ... changes and may cause ... are the leading cause ... Syndrome #Nutrition #Differential
Causes of Sudden Cardiac Arrest
Primary Myocardial Processes (> 90%):
 • Acquired structural heart disease: CAD, Most
Causes of Sudden ... syndrome: Drugs, Electrolyte ... Arrest #cardiology #differential ... #diagnosis #causes
Causes of Apparent Life Threatening Event (ALTE) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac:
 • Congenital Heart Disease
 •
Causes of Apparent ... Event (ALTE) - Differential ... Reye's Syndrome • Electrolyte ... Event #ALTE #BRUE #Differential ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes