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Approach to Acid Base Disorders - Evaluation and Differential Diagnosis
1) Start with the Anion Gap (AG).
2)
Evaluation and Differential ... Start with the Anion ... : • Anion Gap ... Disorders #Evaluation #workup ... #Differential #
Ketosis Disorders
Ketone bodies are a normal metabolic energy source. Excessive unregulated production of ketones, often accompanied
accompanied by an anion ... ketoacidosis (DKA ... leading to marked anion ... Disorders #ketones #differential ... diagnosis #management #endocrinology
Hypophosphatemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Transcellular Shift
 • Recovery From DKA
 • Refeeding Syndrome
 • Acute Respiratory
Hypophosphatemia - Differential ... Recovery From DKA ... Acute Respiratory Alkalosis ... #LowPhosphate #Differential ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #endocrinology
Metabolic Acidosis with Anion Gap - KILU Mnemonic

K - Ketoacidosis
	• DKA
		- With normal glucose, ask if
Acidosis with Anion ... Ketoacidosis • DKA ... salicylates (+ resp alkalosis ... Uremia • The anion ... Acidosis #diagnosis #differential
Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA) - Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
 • Note: in DKA, body K+ is lost
Ketoacidosis (DKA ... Findings • Note: in DKA ... 3) Follow the anion ... Signs/Symptoms/Complications ... pathophysiology #endocrinology
Hypokalemia Evaluation Algorithm

Before evaluating hypokalemia, life threatening complications such as arrhythmias and paralysis should be looked
- Metabolic Alkalosis ... Non-reabsorbable anions ... RTA, Distal RTA, DKA ... diagnosis #Algorithm #differential
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Kidney Injury - AKI Workup ... Algorithm and Differential ... clinical context and signs ... Anti-GBM, Anti-ds-DNA ... #Injury #AKI #Workup
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
Hypertension - Workup ... and Differential ... and metabolic alkalosis ... renal bruit or signs ... Vasculitis • Endocrinologic
There are similarities and differences between these 3 conditions which all carry treatment implications. Each mimic
hormones that work ... DKA is essentially ... NO Insulin; the actions ... #diagnosis #differential