Dr. Gerald Diaz @GeraldMD
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Hypokalemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Extra-renal Losses:
 โ€ข Normal Acid-Base: Low intake
 โ€ข Metabolic acidosis: Gl tract
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Extra-renal ... Losses: โ€ข Normal Acid-Base ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #causes
Hirsutism & Virilization - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
ADRENAL EXCESS
Ovarian
 โ€ข Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome
 โ€ข Hyperthecosis
 โ€ข Tumor
Adrenal
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm ADRENAL ... Obesity โ€ข Liver Disease ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #causes
Causes of Hypocomplementemia - CHAMPS Mnemonic
C - Cryoglobulinemia (85%), C3 glomerulopathy, cirrhosis
H - Heavy Chain deposition
Causes of Hypocomplementemia ... Chain deposition disease ... antiphospholipid syndrome ... CHAMPS #Mnemonic #diagnosis ... #differential #hematology
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Acid Base Disorders ... - Differential Diagnosis ... bowel syndrome, ... restrictive lung disease ... ABG #bloodgas #Acid
Liver Disease in Pregnancy
Intrahepatic Cholestasis of Pregnancy (ICP)
 โ€ข Onset/Trimester: 25-32 weeks
 โ€ข Typical clinical features:
Liver Disease in ... Elevated bile acids ... necrosis HELLP Syndrome ... #Pregnancy #hepatology ... #differential #diagnosis
Nikolsky's Sign in Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis (TEN)

Nikolsky's sign is a clinical dermatological sign which is present
Nikolsky's sign is a clinical ... Stevens-Johnson Syndrome ... , caused by the ... differentiating between the diagnosis ... Nikolskys #Sign #TEN #Dermatology
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Polycythemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Polycythemia itself isnโ€™t a diagnosis. Like many things, it is a condition
Algorithm Polycythemia ... Better call hematology ... As with many disease ... #Algorithm #workup ... #hematology
Intermittent Bilateral Exophthalmos (Alternating Exophthalmos and Enophthalmos) on Physical Exam

Observing this patient in silence for a
Patient underwent a diagnostic ... Existing case reports ... reports. ... The syndrome of ... Alternating #Bilateral #clinical
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Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Summary

Cancer affecting lymphocytes/Mature B cell neoplasm
 โ€ข Lymphocytes accumulate in large numbers
Orange or Hep C Clinical ... phenomenon CLL Diagnosis ... cells can indicate disease ... โ€ข Richterโ€™s Syndrome ... workup #oncology #hematology
Antinuclear antibodies and Systemic lupus
Anti-dsDNA	60-80%	Association with disease activity (when with Farr assay) and lupus nephritis. Can
Association with disease ... -15% If SLE is clinically ... SLE-SSc-AlM overlap syndromes ... erythematosus #diagnosis ... #rheumatology #