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Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis and Screening Testing
Common causes: 
 • Renal parenchymal disease
Common causes: • Renal ... evaluate cause of renal ... repaired) • Primary ... syndromes other than primary ... Screening #Workup #table
Common ultrasound abnormalities seen on kidney and urinary bladder POCUS

- Dr. Abhilash Koratala MD - NephroPOCUS
on kidney and urinary ... bladder POCUS ... differential #diagnosis #pocus ... #ultrasound #renal
Hypomagnesemia - Etiologies by Mechanism

Decreased GI Uptake 
 - Poor dietary intake (particularly common in alcoholics)
inhibitors - Primary ... diarrhea / IBD Renal ... - Transient renal ... - Familial renal ... Low #Magnesium #Table
Hyperkalemia - Differential Diagnosis - Impaired Excretion vs Redistribution

Impaired Urinary Excretion 
 - Renal failure
 -
Redistribution Impaired Urinary ... Excretion - Renal ... Differential #Diagnosis #Table
Hyponatremia - Differential Diagnosis by Mechanism
Decr Blood Pressure (“Decr Effective Circulating Volume”) 
 - Volume depletion
Suppressed - Advanced renal ... failure - Primary ... Differential #Diagnosis #Table
Medullary Nephrocalcinosis on POCUS
Medullary nephrocalcinosis can be a clue for its most common underlying cause (
Nephrocalcinosis on POCUS ... underlying cause ( primary ... POCUS incidental ... Nephrocalcinosis #POCUS ... clinical #ultrasound #renal
Hypokalemia - Differential Diagnosis
Poor Intake 
 - Starvation
 - Anorexia
GI Losses 
 - Vomiting / NG
Ureterosigmoidostomy Urinary ... Mineralocorticoid excess - Renal ... Low #Potassium #Table
Physiologic Approach to Hypotonic Hyponatremia
The next time you have a case of hypotonic hyponatremia, give the
≥100): SIADH, Renal ... Present (Uosm <100): Renal ... Hypervolemia with poor renal ... water intake (Primary ... differential #diagnosis #table
Back Pain - Differential Diagnosis
Primary Back Pathology:
 • Musculoligamentous injury (a.k.a. lumbosacral strain)
 • Spondylosis (i.e.
Differential Diagnosis Primary ... breast, prostate, renal ... #primarycare #table
Imaging Modalities for Renal Calculus

AXR. KUB
 - Good far calcium-containing stones useful when limited radiation dose
Modalities for Renal ... for ureteric and renal ... obstruction - Able ... for ureteric and renal ... lower and upper urinary