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Clinical Manifestations and Laboratory Findings in Malabsorption of Various Nutrients

#Malabsorption #Nutrients #diagnosis #differential #table #nutrition
Manifestations and ... Malabsorption #Nutrients #diagnosis ... #differential #table ... #nutrition
Folate Deficiency - Causes of Decreased Folic Acid
↓ Intake: Diet, Age, Alcohol
↑ Demand: Pregnancy, Infancy, Hemolysis,
Folate Deficiency - Causes ... Decreased Folic Acid ↓ Intake ... #differential #diagnosis ... #nutrition
Causes of Iron Deficiency
 • Inadequate Intake: Vegetarian/vegan diet, Malnutrition
 • Increased Body Needs: Infants/preschoolers, Pregnancy,
Causes of Iron Deficiency ... • Inadequate Intake ... #differential #diagnosis ... #causes #nutrition
Causes of Copper Deficiency - Differential Diagnosis
Hereditary: 
 - Menkes disease, familial hypoceruloplasminemia
Decreased / Inadequate Intake:
Causes of Copper ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Decreased / Inadequate Intake ... sprue, tropical and ... #nutrition
Hypomagnesemia - Etiologies by Mechanism

Decreased GI Uptake 
 - Poor dietary intake (particularly common in alcoholics)
Decreased GI Uptake ... Medications - Loop and ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... Low #Magnesium #Table ... Classification #Causes
Causes of Hyperkalemia

Hyperkalemia is caused by excess potassium intake, impaired potassium excretion, or transcellular shifts. The
excess potassium intake ... medication use, and ... increased potassium intake ... hyperkalemia, and ... dysfunction is common #Diagnosis
Causes of Iron Deficiency
 • Diet: ↓ Intake, e.g. vegan, Malnutrition, Polyphenol / tannins, ↓ Vitamin
Causes of Iron Deficiency ... • Diet: ↓ Intake ... Iron #Deficiency #Causes ... #differential #diagnosis ... #anemia #nutrition
Refeeding Syndrome Overview

What Is It?
	• Electrolyte/fluid shifts caused by initiation of nutrition in severely malnourished patient.
Electrolyte/fluid shifts caused ... initiation of nutrition ... may cause severe ... Refeeding #Syndrome #Nutrition ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis and Presentation

#Diagnosis #Differential #Table #Dyspnea #SOB #Causes
- Differential Diagnosis ... and Presentation ... #Diagnosis #Differential ... #Table #Dyspnea ... #SOB #Causes
Pathologic / Fragility Fractures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Tumours
 - See Bone Lesions Scheme
Paget's Disease
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- Differential Diagnosis ... Disease • Poor Nutrition ... Fractures #Pathologic #MSK ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Orthopedics #Causes