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Hypomagnesemia - Differential Diagnosis
Renal Causes of Hypomagnesemia - Familial:
Bartter syndrome and Gitelman syndrome, Isolated recessive hypomagnesemia,
Differential Diagnosis ... Renal Causes of ... and Gitelman syndrome ... with secondary, ... Renal Causes of
Hypomagnesemia - Etiologies by Mechanism

Decreased GI Uptake 
 - Poor dietary intake (particularly common in alcoholics)
Hypomagnesemia - ... Mg wasting syndromes ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... Classification #Causes ... #Workup #hypomg
Causes of Hypokalemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Defining the cause of hypokalemia starts by measuring urinary K
- Differential Diagnosis ... suggests either secondary ... K loss • Hypomagnesemia-induced ... Hyperaldosteronism • Secondary ... #differential #diagnosis
Causes of Hypomagnesemia
Redistribution:
 - IV glucose
 - Correction of diabetic ketoacidosis
 - IV hyperalimentation
 - Refeeding
Causes of Hypomagnesemia ... - Primary or secondary ... aldosteronism #Hypomagnesemia ... #Causes #diagnosis ... medications #drugs #pharmacology
Primary and Secondary Causes of Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Primary (Essential) (95%) - Onset between age
- Differential Diagnosis ... taken at home, work ... excess (Cushing syndrome ... #HTN #Cardiology ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Causes of Hypomagnesemia
 • Redistribution: IV glucose, Correction of diabetic ketoacidosis, IV hyperalimentation, Refeeding after starvation,
Causes of Hypomagnesemia ... states, Primary or secondary ... aldosteronism #Hypomagnesemia ... #Causes #differential ... #diagnosis #nephrology
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis and Screening Testing
Common causes: 
 • Renal parenchymal disease
Causes of Secondary ... - Differential Diagnosis ... • Cushing’s syndrome ... Acromegaly #Secondary ... #Workup #table
Metabolic Causes of Kidney Stones in Children
 • Calcium Oxalate: Primary Hyperoxaluria type 1-3, Secondary Hyperoxaluria
Metabolic Causes ... superactivity, Secondary ... Syndrome), Dent's ... hypercalciuria, Familial Hypomagnesemia ... #differential #diagnosis
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
Causes of Secondary ... Hypertension - Workup ... and Differential Diagnosis ... #Hypertension #Workup ... #Diagnosis #indications
Causes of Hypokalemia
Transcellular Shifts:
 - Alkalosis, Increased plasma insulin (treatment of diabetic ketoacidosis), ß-Adrenergic agonists, Hypokalemic
Causes of Hypokalemia ... Alcoholism (worsened by hypomagnesemia ... hyperaldosteronism, Secondary ... #Hypokalemia #Causes ... #differential #diagnosis