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Epilepsy Seizure Types - Generalized vs Focal

Generalized Seizures
 - Absence seizures 
 - Myoclonic seizures
Seizure Types - Generalized ... vs Focal Generalized ... Atonic seizures #Generalized ... Seizures #Types #Classification ... #Neurology #Differential
Causes of Hypokalemia
Transcellular Shifts:
 - Alkalosis, Increased plasma insulin (treatment of diabetic ketoacidosis), ß-Adrenergic agonists, Hypokalemic
(treatment of diabetic ... thiazide-like diuretics ... , Osmotic diuresis ... Hypokalemia #Causes #differential ... #diagnosis #nephrology
Classification of Diabetes Insipidus

Central or neurogenic diabetes insipidus:
 - Congenital - Structural malformations affecting the hypothalamus
Classification of ... Diabetes Insipidus ... #Classification ... #Types #Nephrology ... #Diagnosis #Differential
Causes of Hypomagnesemia
 • Redistribution: IV glucose, Correction of diabetic ketoacidosis, IV hyperalimentation, Refeeding after starvation,
Correction of diabetic ... Saline or osmotic diuresis ... • Drugs: Loop diuretics ... Hypomagnesemia #Causes #differential ... #diagnosis #nephrology
Causes of High-anion Gap and Non-anion Gap Metabolic Acidosis
Causes of High-anion Gap Acidosis:
 • Lactic acidosis
Ketoacidosis: Diabetic ... Generalized distal ... Potassium-sparing diuretics ... Metabolic #Acidosis #differential ... diagnosis #causes #nephrology
Causes of Constipation in Adults
Most common
 - Inadequate fiber or fluid intake
 - Poor bowel habits
Systemic
hyperparathyroidism, diabetes ... porphyria - Neurologic ... - Opioids - Diuretics ... Constipation #Causes #Differential