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Causes of Metabolic Alkalosis - Differential Diagnosis
Chloride depletion syndromes
 • Gastrointestinal losses
    -
Alkalosis - Differential ... syndrome • Severe potassium ... depletion (serum potassium ... #Metabolic #Alkalosis ... #Differential #
Causes of Metabolic Alkalosis: Differential Diagnosis
ECF volume contracted: urine chloride concentration <20 meq/L
 • Gastric alkalosis:
Causes of Metabolic ... Alkalosis: Differential ... other • Severe potassium ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #Causes
Hypokalemia - Differential Diagnosis
Poor Intake 
 - Starvation
 - Anorexia
GI Losses 
 - Vomiting / NG
Hypokalemia - Differential ... Catecholamines - Alkalosis ... #Hypokalemia #Differential ... Diagnosis #Low #Potassium ... Classification #Causes
Metabolic Alkalosis - Urinary Chloride Algorithm
Cl- responsive metabolic alkalosis
 • Kidney loss of Cl-
Metabolic Alkalosis ... in the proximal tubule ... the indicated causes ... of sodium and potassium ... Algorithm #nephrology #differential
Deep T Wave Inversions - Differential
Normal variants 
  A. Juvenile T wave pattern
Wave Inversions - Differential ... wave alterations: bundle ... TWaveInversions #TWI #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Causes ... Cardiology #ECG #EKG #Electrocardiogram
Hypokalemia Evaluation Algorithm

Before evaluating hypokalemia, life threatening complications such as arrhythmias and paralysis should be looked
treated with IV potassium ... wasting from other causes ... suggests extra-renal causes ... - Metabolic Alkalosis ... diagnosis #Algorithm #differential
Causes of ST Segment Elevation - Differential Diagnosis Framework

STEMI:
 • Upsloping convex STE: "Pardee's sign" +
Causes of ST Segment ... Elevation - Differential ... voltage Other Causes ... Segment #Elevation #differential ... cardiology #ecg #ekg #electrocardiogram
Gitelman Syndrome Overview

What?
• Inherited (AR) hypokalemic salt-losing tubulopathies affecting the thiazide-sensitive sodium chloride cotransporter
• Gitelman's syndrome
distal convoluted tubule ... Hypokalemia (renal potassium ... Hypochloremic metabolic alkalosis ... ratio 0.5%) Differential ... Supplement: • Potassium
Causes of Hyperkalemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 • Cellular Shift:
   - Exercise
Causes of Hyperkalemia ... - Differential ... Decreased distal tubule ... #Diagnosis #Causes ... #potassium #high
Causes of Hypokalemia
I. Decreased intake
   A. Starvation
   B. Clay ingestion
II. Redistribution into
Causes of Hypokalemia ... Metabolic alkalosis ... #Hypokalemia #Differential ... Diagnosis #Low #Potassium ... Classification #Causes