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Diuretics and Agents Regulating Renal Excretion

Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors (Acetazolamide, Dichlorphenamide)
 • Glaucoma
 • Epilepsy
 • Altitude
Regulating Renal Excretion ... Desmopressin (DDAVP ... Diuretics #Renal #Excretion
Approach to Emergency Management of Hyponatremia
- Dr. Edward Etchells

#Management #Emergency #Hyponatremia #Algorithm #Overcorrection #DDAVP
Overcorrection #DDAVP
Fractional Excretion of Sodium - FENa
Fractional Excretion of Sodium (FENa) = (Urine Na+ x Serum Cr)
Fractional Excretion ... FENa Fractional Excretion ... FENA #Fractional #Excretion
Causes of Hyperkalemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Increased Intake
 • Reduced Excretion (IV potassium with
Intake • Reduced Excretion ... potassium with reduced excretion
Hypophosphatemia - Measurement of urine phosphate excretion - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • GI loss
 • Redistribution
urine phosphate excretion ... urinary #phosphate #excretion
Causes of Polyuria - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Polyuria - Urine Output > 3L/day, Increased Urine Volume (>2ml/min)
Osmotic
Excessive Loss - DDAVP ... Insipidus - DDAVP
Hyperkalemia - Differential Diagnosis - Impaired Excretion vs Redistribution

Impaired Urinary Excretion 
 - Renal failure
 -
Diagnosis - Impaired Excretion ... Impaired Urinary Excretion
General approach to AKI - Checklist

Urine electrolytes & FENa - Previously, it was believed that urine
that urine sodium excretion ... and fractional excretion
Outcomes in Severe Hyponatremia Treated With and Without Desmopressin.

Am J Med. 2018 Mar;131(3):317.e1-317.e10. doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2017.09.048. Epub
#Desmopressin #DDAVP
Here’s a review of the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone system (RAAS)

This is a very common pathway that clinicians should
system ends with excreting ... reversed result of excreting ... of the sodium excretion