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Hypomagnesemia - Differential Diagnosis
Renal Causes of Hypomagnesemia - Familial:
Bartter syndrome and Gitelman syndrome, Isolated recessive hypomagnesemia,
Diagnosis Renal Causes ... Familial: Bartter syndrome ... and Gitelman syndrome ... - Acquired: Medications ... #nephrology #magnesium
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Pre-Renal:
 • Hypovolemia, Cardiorenal, Distributive Shock, HRS, Hypercalcemia, Renal
Abdominal Compartment Syndrome ... , Medications Intra-Renal ... Protein) • AIN: Medication ... Neurogenic Bladder (Medication ... #causes #algorithm
Hypomagnesemia - Etiologies by Mechanism

Decreased GI Uptake 
 - Poor dietary intake (particularly common in alcoholics)
Hypomagnesemia - ... Renal Loses - Medications ... - Gitelman syndrome ... - Hungry bones syndrome ... Classification #Causes
Causes of Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unprovoked - Epilepsy:
 • Focal: Simple, Complex
 • Generalized: Absence,
Causes of Seizures ... vasoconstriction syndrome ... Toxic: Alcohol, Medication ... Hyponatremia, Hypomagnesemia ... #neurology
Drugs associated with hypokalemia and hypomagnesemia

Hypokalemia
- Shift from extracellular fluid to intracellular fluid compartment
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hypokalemia and hypomagnesemia ... renal Fanconi syndrome ... #Medications #differential ... #diagnosis #nephrology ... #Causes #hypomg
Hypokalemia Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Low intake 
• poor oral intake 

Renal loss 
• Medication 
• Hypomagnesemia 
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Renal loss • Medication ... • Hypomagnesemia ... • Gitelman's syndrome ... • Bartter's syndrome ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Mydriasis and Miosis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Causes of Mydriasis:
Dilated pupils (mydriasis) more than 7mm
 • Unilateral
Mydriasis: - Medications ... Antipsychotic medications ... AntichoIinergic medications ... response - Medications ... differential #diagnosis #ophthalmology
Causes of Hypomagnesemia
Redistribution:
 - IV glucose
 - Correction of diabetic ketoacidosis
 - IV hyperalimentation
 - Refeeding
Causes of Hypomagnesemia ... disorders: - Syndrome ... aldosteronism #Hypomagnesemia ... #Causes #diagnosis ... #differential #medications
Possible Causes of Altered Urine Color 

Red 
    Foods: beets, blackberries, rhubarb
Possible Causes ... rhubarb Medications ... carrots Medications ... asparagus Medications ... fava beans Medications
Causes of Anterior Uveitis - Differential Diagnosis
Anterior Uveitis - 90% of cases of Uveitis
 • Inflammation
Posner-Schlossman Syndrome ... Behcet's, SLE, TINU syndrome ... involvement) • Medication ... HIA B27-related syndrome ... #ophthalmology