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A schema of the pathophysiology of the inborn errors of metabolism, excluding complex storage diseases. Helps
schema of the pathophysiology ... inborn errors of metabolism ... complex storage diseases ... #Pediatrics #Metabolism ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Differential
Non-cirrhotic Hyperammonemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Hematologic & Vascular:
 • Multiple myeloma & Acute leukemia (plasma cells
Hyperammonemia - Differential ... Y t amino acid metabolism ... Defects • OTC deficiency ... (XLR) • Deficiency ... #Diagnosis #Pathophysiology
Hypocalcemia - Diagnosis and Management
PTH Independent (↑ PTH)
 • LOW VIT D
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Diagnosis and Management ... LOW VIT D - Deficiency ... , Kidney Disease ... (CKD) - Metabolism ... endocrinology #differential
Hemolytic Anemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Sickle cells - Consider sickle cell disease (diverse genotypes):
Hemolytic Anemia - Differential ... Consider sickle cell disease ... defects, Glutathione metabolism ... , Hemoglobin H disease ... Hemolytic #Anemia #Differential
Atrial Fibrillation Overview

Symptoms:
Palpitations, light-headedness, dizziness, dyspnea, exercise intolerance, chest pain, near-syncope, syncope.

1. Why?
Cardiac:
• Valvular heart disease
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Fibrillation Overview Symptoms ... Noncardiac: • Pulmonary ... disease • Drugs ... /toxins • Metabolic ... Fibrillation #Cardiology #Management
Causes of Proximal Muscle Weakness That May Mimic Inflammatory Myopathy
 • Central or peripheral neurologic disease
peripheral neurologic disease ... - Alcohol • Metabolic ... Myophosphorylase deficiency ... - Carnitine deficiency ... mimics #diagnosis #differential
Adult-Onset Still's Disease
Clinical triad: Fever, Arthralgia/arthritis, Skin rash ± odynophagia
+ Biological inflammation: Increased neutrophils, Hyperferritinemia, decreased
Adult-Onset Still's Disease ... fraction < 20% Differential ... mevalonate kinase deficiency ... hepatitis • Pulmonary ... #diagnosis #management
Gaucher Disease 

Pathophsiology
 • Lysosomal storage disorder
 • Deficiency of ß-glucocerebrosidase
• Accumulation of glucosylceramide in macrophages
Diagnosis
Gaucher Disease ... Pathophsiology ... storage disorder • Deficiency ... #Gauchers #Disease ... Diagnosis #Signs #Symptoms
High Output Heart Failure - Pathophysiology and Differential Diagnosis
Obesity - Systemic Vasodilation, Vasoactive Adipokines
Arteriovenous Fistula -
Heart Failure - Pathophysiology ... and Differential ... Vasodilation Lung Disease ... Hyperthyroidism - Increased Metabolism ... #Differential #
Causes of Pulmonary Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
 • Idiopathic
 • Associated with:
Causes of Pulmonary ... Hypertension - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm Pulmonary ... Disorders • Metabolic ... PulmonaryHypertension #PHTN #Differential