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Gitelman Syndrome Overview

What?
• Inherited (AR) hypokalemic salt-losing tubulopathies affecting the thiazide-sensitive sodium chloride cotransporter
• Gitelman's syndrome
Hypochloremic metabolic ... Renal tubular acidosis ... Rhabdomyolysis Treatment ... diagnosis #nephrology #management ... #pathophysiology
Metformin Associated Lactic Acidosis (MALA) 

Pathophysiology of MALA
 - Metformin interferes with the activity of the
Associated Lactic Acidosis ... (MALA) Pathophysiology ... use in cellular metabolism ... acidosis including ... Toxicology #Diagnosis #Management
Medications for High-Altitude Sickness 
Acetazolarnide 
 • Carbonic Anydrase Inhibitor Bicarb diuresis & metabolic Acidosis ->
Bicarb diuresis & metabolic ... Acidosis -> compensatory ... #Medications #Management ... #Treatment
Salicylate Toxicity - Diagnosis and Management

Consider if:
1) Patient is hot and altered
2) You see tachypnea with
show anion-gap metabolic ... acidosis 4) Presentation ... Labs: Anion-Gap Metabolic ... Acidosis, Respiratory ... #Treatment
Toluene Poisoning - Diagnosis and Management Summary
What is it?  Volatile hydrocarbon, Glue or paint-sniffing, Occupational
Diagnosis and Management ... Early raised AG acidosis ... normal anion gap acidosis ... may be ↑ or ↓ Treatment ... #Treatment
Cyanide Toxicity 
Treatment:
1) Hydroxocobalamin + Cyanide = Cyanocobalamin (nontoxic) 
   or 
2) Amyl nitrite
Cyanide Toxicity Treatment ... Toxicity #Toxicology #Pathophysiology ... #Management #Treatment
Refeeding Syndrome: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Patients at Risk of Refeeding Syndrome:
 - Little or no nutritional
• Incr Glucose Metabolism ... Syndrome - Metabolic ... Acidosis • Shift ... Syndrome #diagnosis #pathophysiology
Management of Medically Refractory Gastroparesis

Gastroparesis Pathophysiology
Initial Evaluation
Management
Medications for Medically Refractory Gastroparesis
Gastric Electrical Stimulation
Pylorus Directed Therapies

Dr. Chaitanya
Management of Medically ... Gastroparesis Pathophysiology ... Initial Evaluation Management ... Gastroparesis #Refractory #Management ... #Treatment #Gastroenterology
Ketosis Disorders
Ketone bodies are a normal metabolic energy source. Excessive unregulated production of ketones, often accompanied
bodies are a normal metabolic ... by an anion gap acidosis ... fatty acid (FA) metabolism ... marked anion gap acidosis ... differential #diagnosis #management
Tetralogy of Fallot Summary
 • Anatomy
 • Incidence
 • Pathophysiology
 • Presentation
 • Common Variants
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• Incidence • Pathophysiology ... palliation • Post-Op Management ... Fallot #diagnosis #management ... peds #pediatrics #treatment