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Causes of Cough and Hemoptysis
Acute Inflammation 
 - Laryngitis 
 - Tracheobronchitis 
 - Mycoplasma and
and Hemoptysis Acute ... Bronchitis - ... Bronchiectasis - Pulmonary ... Cough #Hemoptysis #Differential ... #Causes #Table
Hyperkalemia: Diagnostic algorithm
Decreased renal potassium excretion
 ā€¢ Acute renal failure
 ā€¢ Chronic renal failure
 ā€¢ Drugs
Increased
Hyperkalemia: Diagnostic algorithm ... excretion ā€¢ Acute ... ā€¢ Chronic renal ... #nephrology #potassium ... #differential
Causes of Hyponatremia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hypovolemia, UNa > 20: 
 ā€¢ Renal losses, Diuretic excess,
Hyponatremia - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... UNa > 20: ā€¢ Acute ... or chronic renal ... #Causes #nephrology
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 ā€¢ Effusion
 ā€¢ Cardiac Tamponade*
 ā€¢ Constriction
Myocardial
 ā€¢
Causes of Chronic ... Dyspnea - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Artery Disease ā€¢ Stable ... Angina ā€¢ Acute
Non-ACS Myocardial Injury - Elevated Troponin Differential Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm

 ā€¢ Chronic Myocardial Injury: End
Elevated Troponin Differential ... ā€¢ Chronic Myocardial ... Injury: End Stage Renal ... (ie Sarcoid), Chronic ... Occlusion ā€¢ Stable
Physiologic Approach to Hypotonic Hyponatremia
The next time you have a case of hypotonic hyponatremia, give the
normal volume-based algorithm ... Sodium loss (diuretics ... #Hyponatremia #differential ... #diagnosis #table ... #sodium #nephrology
Diuretics and Agents Regulating Renal Excretion

Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors (Acetazolamide, Dichlorphenamide)
 ā€¢ Glaucoma
 ā€¢ Epilepsy
 ā€¢ Altitude
irrigation ā€¢ Management ... Torsemide) ā€¢ Acute ... pulmonary edema ... Excretion #Diuresis #Nephrology ... #Medications #Table
Approach to Eosinophilic Lung Diseases
 ā€¢ Acute Eosinophilic Pneumonia (< 1 wk) - ~30yo, M; Recent
Lung Diseases ā€¢ Acute ... arthralgias, CV, renal ... Lung #Diseases #pulmonary ... #differential # ... diagnosis #comparison #table
Algorithm for Management of Acute and Chronic Hyperkalemia
Acute Hyperkalemia:
 - IV calcium (10 mL of 10%)
Algorithm for Management ... of Acute and Chronic ... in 4 mL) - IV sodium ... #Management #Acute ... #nephrology
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Acute or chronic ... Differentials? ... Compensation, Acute ... Classicallyā€¯ noted with pulmonary ... Diagnosis #Summary #Nephrology