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Pathophysiology of Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA) and Hyperglycemic Hyperosmolar Syndrome (HHS)
Absolute Insulin deficit:
 - Type I DM:
Ketoacidosis (DKA) and Hyperglycemic ... Hyperosmolar Syndrome ... Insulin demand: infections ... #ketoacidosis #hyperglycemic ... #hyperosmolar
Ketosis Disorders - Comparison Table
 • Starvation Ketosis
 • Alcoholic Ketoacidosis (AKA)
 • Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA)
Euglycemic DKA • Hyperglycemic ... Hyperosmolar State ... Disorders #ketones #differential
Anion Gap Metabolic Acidosis
 • Diabetic Ketoacidosis ± Hyperglycemia ± Hyperosmolar
 • Alcoholic Ketoacidosis ± Hyperglycemia
Ketoacidosis ± Hyperglycemia ... ± Hyperosmolar ... Ketoacidosis ± Hyperglycemia ... Metabolic #Acidosis #differential
Causes of Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unprovoked - Epilepsy:
 • Focal: Simple, Complex
 • Generalized: Absence,
of Seizures - Differential ... brain injury • Infectious ... Hypoglycemia, Hyperglycemia ... Prophyria #Seizures #Differential
Differential Diagnosis of Hypoglycemia
Evaluation of Hypoglycemia
Patients with known diabetes who are not systemically ill and can
Differential Diagnosis ... - LFT - EtOH - Infectious ... #Hypoglycemia #Differential ... Malignancy #Exogenous #Hypoglycemic
Causes of Secondary / Provoked Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Febrile
Infection
 • Sepsis
 • Encephalitis
 • Meningitis
Metabolic
Provoked Seizures - Differential ... Algorithm Febrile Infection ... Hypoglycemia • Hyperglycemia ... Seizures #Neurology #Differential
Causes of HyperKalemia - Differential Diagnosis
Increased extracellular K+:
 • Tissue injury
 • Hemolysis
 • Rhabdomyolysis
 •
HyperKalemia - Differential ... Diabetes mellitus • Hyperglycemia ... transfusion • Error of injection ... #HyperKalemia #Differential
Bone Tumor Location within the Skeleton

Epiphysis: 
Only a few lesions are located in the epiphysis, so
chondroblastoma or an infection ... included in the differential ... Enchondroma and infections ... Diaphysis #Epiphysis #Radiology ... #MSK #Differential
Ketosis Disorders
Ketone bodies are a normal metabolic energy source. Excessive unregulated production of ketones, often accompanied
Hyperglycemic ... hyperosmolar state ... Disorders #ketones #differential
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
 •
Pattern - Chest Radiology ... Opacities: • Infectious ... Nocardia, zoonotic infections ... Pattern #Chest #Radiology ... #differential #