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Schematic representation of the major sources of ammonia production and its excretory pathway (GI = gastrointestinal,
and decreased metabolism ... Inherited Urea Cycle Disorders ... Reye syndrome (Peds ... deficiency #Ammonia #Pathophysiology ... Hyperammonemia #Differential
Ketosis Disorders
Ketone bodies are a normal metabolic energy source. Excessive unregulated production of ketones, often accompanied
Ketosis Disorders ... bodies are a normal metabolic ... alcoholics, often can ... #ketones #differential ... diagnosis #management #endocrinology
Lymphomas and Lymphoproliferative Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hodgkin Lymphoma ~40% - Characteristic For Reed-Sternberg (RS) Cells
Lymphoproliferative Disorders ... - Differential ... more diffuse, can ... pattern of spread, B symptoms ... Classification #pathophysiology
Differential Considerations for a Seizure or Seizure-like Event
The following diagnoses may have presentations that can be
presentations that can ... migraine - Movement disorders ... Mass lesions TOXICOLOGIC ... Extrapyramidal symptoms ... METABOLIC -
Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA) - Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
 • Note: in DKA, body K+ is lost
Due to neuronal metabolism ... besides glucose that can ... Signs/Symptoms/Complications ... DiabeticKetoacidosis #DKA #pathophysiology ... #endocrinology
Refeeding Syndrome Overview

What Is It?
	• Electrolyte/fluid shifts caused by initiation of nutrition in severely malnourished patient.
This can be fatal ... from hormonal and metabolic ... overload) Other Symptoms ... Syndrome #Nutrition #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Pathophysiology
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
Etiology: • Pathophysiology ... Neurological symptoms ... Reversible course Differential ... Drug toxicity, Metabolic ... Seizures: Treat with AEDs
Differential Diagnosis: New-Onset Seizure in the Elderly

STRUCTURAL:
 • Stroke/TIA, Subdural hematoma, mass
 • Traumatic Brain Injury
Differential Diagnosis ... METABOLIC - Electrolyte ... seizure threshold TOXICOLOGIC ... • Sleep Disorders ... : REM behavior disorder
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy (PPCM)

What is PPCM?
• A form of acute systolic heart failure that develops late in
• Hypertensive disorders ... normal pregnancy symptoms ... impairs heart metabolism ... , selenium) Differential ... underdiagnosed due to symptom
PFAPA Syndrome - Periodic Fever, Aphthous Stomatitis, Pharyngitis, and Adenitis

EPIDEMIOLOGY:
PFAPA is the most common syndrome entailing
fever (FMF) PATHOPHYSIOLOGY ... reporting such symptoms ... several other symptoms ... DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS ... contributor to this disorder