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Distal Renal Tubular Acidosis (RTA)  Type 1 

Totally scuppers the kidney's acidification mechanism. Will be
Distal Renal Tubular ... much easier to diagnosis ... Cannot lower pH ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Nephrology #Causes
Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA) - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Symptoms:
• Abdominal pain
• Nausea
• Polyuria
• Polydipsia
• Vomiting
• Weight loss
•
Ketoacidosis (DKA) - Diagnosis ... and Management ... Abdominal pain • Nausea ... > 18 mEq/L 2) pH ... #Management #Endocrinology
Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA) - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Symptoms:
• Abdominal pain
• Nausea
• Polyuria
• Polydipsia
• Vomiting
• Weight loss
•
Ketoacidosis (DKA) - Diagnosis ... and Management ... Abdominal pain • Nausea ... > 18 mEq/L 2) pH ... #Management #Endocrinology
Ketosis Disorders
Ketone bodies are a normal metabolic energy source. Excessive unregulated production of ketones, often accompanied
ketoacidosis (DKA) - caused ... gap acidosis (pH ... Glucosuria causes ... #differential #diagnosis ... #management #endocrinology
Neuromyelitis Optica (NMO) - Clinical Manifestations
 • Optic neuritis: Reduced visual acuity, ranging from mild to
neuritis: Reduced visual ... desaturation, Scotoma, Ocular ... involvement: Intractable nausea ... Manifestations #diagnosis ... #neurology #symptoms
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

S/Sx: Most pts asymptomatic. Weakness, cramping, nausea, paresthesias, palpitations,
Weakness, cramping, nausea ... arterial volume (↓distal ... 20 suggests ↓ distal ... only if no clear cause ... #potassium #nephrology
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
that affects the distal ... Unknown • 6-7 cases ... Organizing Pneumonia - Diagnosis ... pulmonary #ILD #diagnosis ... #management
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
mental status • Visual ... may precede the neurologic ... the underlying cause ... with AEDs until cause ... #management #neurology
Myasthenia Gravis - Summary
 • an autoimmune disease of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction associated with antibodies
50 years in men Diagnosis ... More likely to cause ... Symptomatic treatment Of ocular ... glucocorticoids - can cause ... #management #neurology
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
Ocular- 50%: Ptosis ... muscles: “myasthenic crises ... myasthenia Diagnosis ... Myasthenia Crises ... #management #neurology