Dr. Gerald Diaz @GeraldMD
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Hypokalemia - Differential Diagnosis
Poor Intake 
 - Starvation
 - Anorexia
GI Losses 
 - Vomiting / NG
Hypokalemia - Differential ... #Diagnosis #Low ... #Potassium #Table ... #Classification ... #Causes
Hypokalemia Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Low intake 
β€’ poor oral intake 

Renal loss 
β€’ Medication 
β€’ Hypomagnesemia 
β€’
Hypokalemia Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Low intake ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Causes #Classification
In order to better classify heart failure, the American College of Cardiology Foundation and the American
four-component staging ... one direction using ... Association functional class ... #HeartFailure #Staging ... #Stages #Classes
Shock - Differential Diagnosis by Classification
Reflex Syncope 
 - Vasovagal syncope
   β€’ Prolonged standing
Shock - Differential ... Diagnosis by Classification ... β€’ Prolonged standing ... #Syncope #Differential ... #Table #Causes
Hypomagnesemia - Etiologies by Mechanism

Decreased GI Uptake 
 - Poor dietary intake (particularly common in alcoholics)
Hypomagnesemia #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Low ... #Magnesium #Table ... #Classification ... #Causes #Workup
Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis (RPGN)
RPGN has three primary pathophysiologic causes differentiated by immunofluorescence

Immune Complex Mediated (granular staining):
pathophysiologic causes ... Mediated (granular staining ... ): β€’ Low Complement ... Glomerulonephritis #Vasculitis #differential ... #diagnosis #algorithm
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
Differential diagnosis ... knowledge about imaging ... nodular, high and low ... attenuation (table ... seen and in many cases
Physiologic Approach to Hypotonic Hyponatremia
The next time you have a case of hypotonic hyponatremia, give the
time you have a case ... normal volume-based algorithm ... can be high or low ... #Hyponatremia #differential ... #diagnosis #table
Pragmatic diagnostic algorithm for hypokalemia. 
***Typical presentations: 
 β€’ Vomiting: urine Na/Cl > 1.6, low urine
Pragmatic diagnostic algorithm ... urine Na/Cl > 1.6, low ... the patient not taking ... continued in most cases ... hypokalemia #diagnosis #differential