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DKA DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA:
1. Serum glucose >250 mg/dL
2. Arterial pH <7.3
3. Serum bicarbonate <18 mEq/L
4. At least
DKA DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA ... physiologic stress or acute ... have new-onset diabetes ... ketoacidosis (EDKA ... diabeticketoacidosis #aniongap
Pediatric Acute Abdominal Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Generalized/Migratory:
 • Intussusception
 • Gastroenteritis
 • Viral Illness
 •
Pediatric Acute ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Viral Illness • Diabetic ... Ketoacidosis ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Pediatric Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Stridor:
 • Croup
 • Foreign Body
 • Tracheitis
 • Epiglottitis
 •
Pediatric Dyspnea ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Heart Disease • Diabetic ... Ketoacidosis ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Metabolic Acidosis with Anion Gap - KILU Mnemonic

K - Ketoacidosis
	• DKA
		- With normal glucose, ask if
DKA - With ... in lit), iron (pediatric ... KILU #Mnemonic #AnionGap ... Metabolic #Acidosis #diagnosis ... #differential
Causes of Metabolic Acidosis with Elevated Anion Gap - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Elevated Anion Gap > 12
Diagnosis Algorithm ... errors Ketosis • Diabetic ... ketoacidosis ... MetabolicAcidosis #AnionGap ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Pediatric Causes of Abdominal Pain

Surgical:
 - Acute appendicitis 
 - Intestinal obstruction including intussusception 
 -
Pediatric Causes ... Henoch—Schönlein purpura - Diabetic ... ketoacidosis ... #Causes #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Peds
Pediatric Vomiting - Gastrointestinal and Systemic Causes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hepatobiliary:
 • Acute Hepatitis
 • Acute
Pediatric Vomiting ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Pregnancy • Diabetes ... / DKA • Uremia ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Diffuse Acute Abdominal Pain (<72 hours) - Differential Diagnostic Algorithm
Look for surgical abdomen
Upper quadrant: R/O cardiac,
Diffuse Acute Abdominal ... Diagnostic Algorithm ... disease (e.g., Diabetic ... Ketoacidosis) ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Causes of High-anion Gap and Non-anion Gap Metabolic Acidosis
Causes of High-anion Gap Acidosis:
 • Lactic acidosis
Lactic acidosis • Ketoacidosis ... : Diabetic, Alcoholic ... Renal failure (acute ... #Acidosis #differential ... #diagnosis #causes
Causes of Hypomagnesemia
Redistribution:
 - IV glucose
 - Correction of diabetic ketoacidosis
 - IV hyperalimentation
 - Refeeding
Correction of diabetic ... starvation - Acute ... Hypomagnesemia #Causes #diagnosis ... #differential # ... medications #drugs #pharmacology