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Hypoglycemia Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Workup:
 • Sulfonylurea Labs
 • Anti-lnsulin Ab - Insulin Autoimmune Syndrome
 •
metabolic demand causes ... - Measure glucose ... BG < 60: Serum glucose ... Glucagon & measure glucose ... later - Normally, glucose
Emergency Management of Hyperkalemia in Adults
Assess Patient - Airway Breathing Circulation Disability Exposure (ABCDE) Approach
 •
mmol/L - Consider cause ... cells • Insulin–Glucose ... Monitor K+ and Blood Glucose ... serum K+ and blood glucose ... Prevention - Consider cause
SGLT2 Inhibitors 
SGLT2 inhibitors are the newest class of anti-diabetic medications, with the first one (Canagliflozin)
by inhibiting glucose ... kidney), which causes ... patient to excrete glucose ... diuretics but for glucose ... due to increased glucose
Ketosis Disorders
Ketone bodies are a normal metabolic energy source. Excessive unregulated production of ketones, often accompanied
ketoacidosis (DKA) - caused ... elevated blood glucose ... pregnancy, where blood glucose ... Glucosuria causes
Hyperglycemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Diabetes Mellitus:
 • Impaired Glucose Tolerance
 • Type I Diabetes
 • Type
: • Impaired Glucose ... endocrinology #causes
Salicylate Toxicity - Diagnosis and Management

Consider if:
1) Patient is hot and altered
2) You see tachypnea with
no respiratory cause ... exposure Symptoms: Nausea ... Potassium, Low Glucose ... Alkalinzation 3) Glucose
Pruritus - Generalized Differential Diagnosis Algorithm - Systemic and Primary Causes
== Primary Skin Lesions ==
Macules /
Systemic and Primary Causes ... Systemic == Blood Glucose ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #causes
Causes of False Elevation and Reduction in HbA1c

== False Elevation ==
Decreased RBC turnover 
• Iron, B-12,
Causes of False ... Uremia High Glucose
Causes of Polyuria - Differential Diagnosis
Excess Intake of Water:
 • Primary polydipsia (a.k.a. "psychogenic polydipsia")
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Causes of Polyuria ... diuretics • Excess glucose ... Differential #Diagnosis #Causes
Causes of Hypomagnesemia
Redistribution:
 - IV glucose
 - Correction of diabetic ketoacidosis
 - IV hyperalimentation
 - Refeeding
Causes of Hypomagnesemia ... Redistribution: - IV glucose ... Hypomagnesemia #Causes