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Hypokalemia Diagnostic Algorithm
To assess potassium excretion: perform 24-hour urine collection or alternatively obtain potassium-to-creatinine ratio on
Hypokalemia Diagnostic Algorithm ... 24-hour urine collection ... Check The TTKG: ... Hypokalemia #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #TTKG #nephrology
Causes of Non-Gap Metabolic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Normal Anion Gap (<14) (Loss of Bicarbonate) -
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Problem - Low TTKG ... Problem - High TTKG ... MetabolicAcidosis #NonGap #Nephrology ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
USMLE Epidemiology and Biostatistics Summary
Meta-Analysis: pools data from several studies (greater power), limited by quality/bias of
Issues with confounding ... perfect positive correlation ... perfect negative correlation ... , 0 = no correlation ... Biostatistics #formulas
Algorithm - Approach to the differential diagnosis of the patient presenting with overt glomerular proteinuria. CMV
Algorithm - Approach ... 1.0 g/ days in a collection ... complete 24-hour collection ... #Algorithm #differential ... nephrotic #syndrome #nephrology
Causes of Hyperkalemia - Reduced Excretion - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Reduced flow through distal nephron - TTKG
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... distal nephron - TTKG ... IntercellularShift #Nephrology ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Causes of Hyperkalemia - Intercellular Shift - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Transcellular Shift - Appropriate renal excretion (GFR,
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... excretion (GFR, TTKG ... IntercellularShift #Nephrology ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Pragmatic diagnostic algorithm for hypokalemia. 
***Typical presentations: 
 • Vomiting: urine Na/Cl > 1.6, low urine
Pragmatic diagnostic algorithm ... Ideally, after correcting ... #differential #algorithm ... #nephrology