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Hypomagnesemia - Etiologies by Mechanism

Decreased GI Uptake 
 - Poor dietary intake (particularly common in alcoholics)
Chronic diarrhea / IBD ... - Hungry bones syndrome ... Low #Magnesium #Table ... #Classification ... #Causes #Workup
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
Causes of Chronic ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Artery Disease • Stable ... Acute Coronary Syndrome ... Interstitium • ILD
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
heterogenous group of disorders ... indicates unknown cause ... listed in the table ... have specific patterns ... IdiopathicInterstitialPneumonia #ILD
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis and Causes
Clinical: Dyspnea, Exercise Intolerance, ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms" (ascites, hepatomegaly, ↑↑peripheral edema)
Physical
Diagnosis and Causes ... Amyloidosis (AL Amyloid, Wild ... Hyper-eosinophilc Syndrome ... Sarcomeric Protein Disorders ... differential #cardiology #algorithm
Leigh Syndrome 
History: 19-month-old girl with hypotonia, developmental 
delay, failure to thrive, and bilateral optic disc
Leigh Syndrome ... History: 19-month-old ... Mitochondrial disorder ... various imaging patterns ... (this case was
Causes of Secondary Amenorrhea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Absence of menses for more than 3 cycles or
Causes of Secondary ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... failure (<35 years old ... Functional (e.g. eating disorder ... #Causes #OBGyn
Intraabdominal hypertension is defined as elevated pressure without overt organ failure (table below).  Among critically
organ failure (table ... Among critically ill ... failure, it may cause ... #IAH #Grades #Classification ... #Compartment #Syndrome
PFAPA Syndrome - Periodic Fever, Aphthous Stomatitis, Pharyngitis, and Adenitis

EPIDEMIOLOGY:
PFAPA is the most common syndrome entailing
IL-1 is a major ... contributor to this disorder ... dominant inheritance pattern ... It causes the absolute ... known pathogenic cause