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Hypernatremia Differential Diagnosis Algorithm - Diabetes Insipidus Workup

Step #1 - Consider the history
Step #2 - Assess
Hypernatremia Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Workup Step #1 ... Eric Strong @DrEricStrong ... #Sodium #nephrology
Causes of Facial Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Forehead Sparing = Central cause
  - Most commonly
Weakness - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Most commonly stroke ... Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Causes #neurology
Causes of Hypernatremia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hypernatremia - Excess free water loss, Serum Sodium >145 mmol/L
High
Diagnosis Algorithm ... water loss, Serum Sodium ... kg • Diabetes Insipidus ... Hypernatremia #Nephrology ... Diagnosis #Algorithm
Etiologies of Hypernatremia - Differential Diagnosis
GI losses / Insensible losses
Sodium Overload
Transcellular Movement of Water
Central Diabetes Insipidus
Diagnosis GI losses ... Insensible losses Sodium ... Eric Strong https ... #Diagnosis #Table ... #Causes
Causes of Hemiplegia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cerebral Hemisphere (Contralateral motor cortex)
 • Aphasia
 • Apraxia
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Causes of Hemiplegia ... - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Causes
Hypernatremia - Differential Diagnosis Workup Algorithm

1) Check Urine Osmolality:
 > 600 mOsm/kg - Implies extrarenal mechanism
Diagnosis Workup ... Algorithm 1) ... Euvolemic: Diabetes insipidus ... #Algorithm #nephrology ... #sodium
Diabetes Insipidus - Diagnosis Algorithm
Tests:
 • Osmolality, Urine AND/OR
 • Osmolality, Serum or Plasma AND
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- Diagnosis Algorithm ... Plasma AND • Sodium ... Osmolality, Urine 1- ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #nephrology #differential
Heat Illnesses and Heat Stroke - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Heat Cramps:
 • Muscle pain or spasm -
- Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... Dehydration - Loss of sodium ... Multi-system illness: 1. ... #diagnosis #causes
Gerstmann Syndrome
1) Finger agnosia - Inability to name their own fingers, affecting both sides
2) Right-left confusion
Gerstmann Syndrome 1) ... - Inability to differentiate ... patient is still able ... : Stroke (main cause ... #diagnosis
Physiologic Approach to Hypotonic Hyponatremia
The next time you have a case of hypotonic hyponatremia, give the
normal volume-based algorithm ... +K / serum Na >1 ... #Hyponatremia #differential ... #diagnosis #table ... #sodium #nephrology