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Causes of Nephrolithiasis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Radio-opaque - Calcium-containing - 90% of stones
Radiolucent - Non-calcium 10%
Nephrolithiasis - Differential ... overproduction • Low ... solubility: • Low ... Nephrolithiasis #Nephrology ... #Differential #
Hypocalcemia Workup - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Low Magnesium, High Magnesium - Functional Hypoparathyroidism
 • High
Hypocalcemia Workup - Differential ... deficiency • Drugs: Calcium ... Pancreatitis, Sepsis ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #nephrology ... #calcium
Hypocalcemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm - Low and High Phosphate
LOW PHOSPHATE
 - Low/NormaI PTH
Hypocalcemia - Differential ... Activating Mutation in Calcium ... Pseudo-hypoparathyroidism) • Calcium ... #Hypocalcemia #Differential ... Algorithm #Phosphate #endocrinology
Management of Pediatric Kidney Stones
Acute Managment:
 • Pain relief: NSAIDs, opioids
 • Facilitating passage of stone:
ALL patients - High ... HYPERCALCIURIA - Calcium ... protein - Low ... CYSTINURIA - Avoid high ... Management #Pediatrics #nephrology
Low Anion Gap - Various causes and mechanisms of a Low Anion Gap
 • Hypoalbuminemia (1gm
Low Anion Gap - ... gap acidosis • High ... Calcium and Mg ... AnionGap #causes #differential ... #diagnosis #nephrology
Hypercalcemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Elevated PTH (High or normal):
 • Primary Hyperparathyroidism
 • Familial Hypocalciuric Hypercalcemia
Low
Hypercalcemia - Differential ... Elevated PTH (High ... Hypercalcemia Low ... Bony Mets - Calcium ... Algorithm #causes #endocrinology
Types of Renal Calculi

Calcium oxalate
 - Interstitial apatite plaque, Low urine volume, Increased urinary calcium excretion,
apatite plaque, Low ... and intestine, Low ... Mycoplasma infections, High ... #Types #Renal #stones ... #differential #
Hypercalcemia Evaluation
1) Clinical clues
 - Is the patient symptomatic?
 - Family history?
 - Have you done
PTH - Frankly high ... FeCa <1 %) - Low ... Hypercalcemia #workup #differential ... #diagnosis #endocrinology ... #calcium #elevated
Complications after Bariatric Surgery
Post Bariatric Intestinal Failure:
 • Severe protein malnutrition after bariatric surgery
 • More
treatment, but high ... Tx: Small and low ... Disorder marked by high ... and forms renal stones ... gastroenterology #diagnosis #differential
Causes of Hypomagnesemia
 • Redistribution: IV glucose, Correction of diabetic ketoacidosis, IV hyperalimentation, Refeeding after starvation,
sweating, burns, sepsis ... Hypercalcemic states ... Hypomagnesemia #Causes #differential ... #diagnosis #nephrology ... #magnesium #low