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Hypophosphatemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Transcellular Shift
 • Recovery From DKA
 • Refeeding Syndrome
 • Acute Respiratory
Alkalosis • Hypokalemia ... • Small bowel diarrhea ... Inflammatory Bowel Disease ... Steatorrhea • Chronic Diarrhea ... #endocrinology
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Chronic Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Exclude:
1. Causes of acute diarrhea
2. Lactose intolerance
3.
Algorithm for the ... Irritable bowel syndrome ... Systemic disease ... leukocytes and occult blood ... #management #algorithm
Hypokalemia Evaluation Algorithm

Before evaluating hypokalemia, life threatening complications such as arrhythmias and paralysis should be looked
Algorithm Before ... is differentiating ... Laxative use • Diarrhea ... losses: • High Blood ... • Low/Normal Blood
Chronic Diarrhea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Steatorrhea
 - Maldigestive
    • Pancreatic Insufficiency
 - Primary
Chronic Diarrhea ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... (Small Volume/ Bloody ... Lymphoma #Chronic #Diarrhea ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Algorithm for patients with hypokalemia on the basis of the potassium-to-creatinine ratio in the urine
Urine K+
Algorithm for patients ... with hypokalemia ... Gastrointestinal loss: Diarrhea ... effective arterial blood ... #differential #algorithm
Hypocalcemia - Diagnosis and Management
PTH Independent (↑ PTH)
 • LOW VIT D
    -
Hypocalcemia - Diagnosis ... , Kidney Disease ... Pancreatitis, Blood ... Diagnosis #Management #endocrinology ... #differential #algorithm
Diarrhea Workup and Management Algorithm in Transplant Patients
First Tier Microbiologic-Testing:
1. C. difficile PCR (Stool)
2. CMV qPCR
Diarrhea Workup ... and Management Algorithm ... CMV qPCR (Serum/Blood ... Ova and Parasite ... Workup #Management #Algorithm
Campylobacter
Clinical 
 • Fever 
 • Abdominal pain 
 • Diarrhea (bloody stools) 
 • Vomiting
Abdominal pain • Diarrhea ... (bloody stools) ... Guillain-Barré syndrome ... Supportive (infection is ... Antibiotics for severe disease
Metabolic Alkalosis - Urinary Chloride Algorithm
Cl- responsive metabolic alkalosis
 • Kidney loss of Cl-
Urinary Chloride Algorithm ... • Normal/low blood ... diuretic use, Bartter syndrome ... , Gitelman syndrome ... Chloride #urine #Algorithm
Gitelman Syndrome Overview

What?
• Inherited (AR) hypokalemic salt-losing tubulopathies affecting the thiazide-sensitive sodium chloride cotransporter
• Gitelman's syndrome
Inherited (AR) hypokalemic ... • Unexplained hypokalemia ... Normal or low blood ... • Autoimmune disease ... Congenital chloride diarrhea