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Simplified Diagnosis of Metabolic Disorders
#Diagnosis #Peds #Pediatrics #Inherited #Congenital #Metabolism #Metabolic #Diseases #Disorders #Ketones #Ammonia #Differential
Disorders #Diagnosis #Peds ... Metabolism #Metabolic #Diseases ... #Disorders #Ketones ... #Ammonia #Differential
Schematic representation of the major sources of ammonia production and its excretory pathway (GI = gastrointestinal,
major sources of ammonia ... decompensated liver disease ... Reye syndrome (Peds ... #Pathophysiology ... Hyperammonemia #Differential
A schema of the pathophysiology of the inborn errors of metabolism, excluding complex storage diseases. Helps
schema of the pathophysiology ... complex storage diseases ... connections and pathophysiology ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Differential ... #Neonatology #Peds
Types of Renal Calculi

Calcium oxalate
 - Interstitial apatite plaque, Low urine volume, Increased urinary calcium excretion,
recessive genetic disease ... - Magnesium, ammonium ... Infection with ammonia-producing ... #Types #Renal #stones ... #differential #
Causes of High-anion Gap and Non-anion Gap Metabolic Acidosis
Causes of High-anion Gap Acidosis:
 • Lactic acidosis
progressive kidney disease ... Acid loads (ammonium ... potential bicarbonate: ketosis ... with ketone excretion ... Metabolic #Acidosis #differential
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
Shock, Autoimmune disease ... Etiology: • Pathophysiology ... Reversible course Differential ... Seizures: Treat with AEDs