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Hyperkalemia - Differential Diagnosis - Impaired Excretion vs Redistribution

Impaired Urinary Excretion 
 - Renal failure
 -
Hyperkalemia - Differential ... Hemolysis - Rhabdomyolysis ... - Exercise - Hyperkalemic ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #Table
Causes of HyperKalemia - Differential Diagnosis
Increased extracellular K+:
 • Tissue injury
 • Hemolysis
 • Rhabdomyolysis
 •
Causes of HyperKalemia ... - Differential ... Hemolysis • Rhabdomyolysis ... Elimination: • AKI ... #Differential #
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management Summary

Causes of Rhabdomyolysis:
 • Trauma:
	- Immobilization
	- Crush injury
	- Compartment
Differential Diagnosis ... declines > ALT) • AKI ... + myoglobin AKI ... per day until stable ... #Differential #
Rhabdomyolysis - McMahon risk prediction score

Using this prediction model, patients with a score < 5 were
Rhabdomyolysis - ... found to have low ... 3%) for severe AKI ... risk (>59%) #Rhabdomyolysis ... prediction #score #nephrology
Mechanisms of Cocaine induced AKI

 • Rhabdomyolysis
 • Vasculitis
 • Infarction
 • Acute interstitial nephritis
 •
Cocaine induced AKI ... • Rhabdomyolysis ... Cocaine #induced #AKI ... #nephrology #pathophysiology ... #table
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis and Management Summary

Trauma:
 • Immobilization, Crush iniury, Compartment syndrome, Electrical injury
Exertional:
 •
Differential Diagnosis ... Dermatomyositis) AKI ... per day until stable ... Dialysis for severe hyperkalemia ... #Differential #
Physiologic Approach to Hypotonic Hyponatremia
The next time you have a case of hypotonic hyponatremia, give the
can be high or low ... : Hypovolemia, Hypervolemia ... #Hyponatremia #differential ... #diagnosis #table ... #sodium #nephrology
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) in Patients with Cancer 

Cancer Related 
• Hypercalcemia 
• Intravenous contrast 
•
Kidney Injury (AKI ... Cancer Related • Hypercalcemia ... Kidney #Injury #AKI ... Cancer #Oncology #Differential ... Classification #Nephrology
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Pre-Renal:
 • Hypovolemia, Cardiorenal, Distributive Shock, HRS, Hypercalcemia, Renal
Kidney Injury (AKI ... ) - Differential ... Distributive Shock, HRS, Hypercalcemia ... Medicine @SCVMCMed #AKI ... #Diagnosis #nephrology
Workup of Hypercalcemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
High or Normal PTH:
 • Hyperparathyroidism: Parathyroid adenoma, Parathyroid hyperplasia,
- Differential ... Low PTH: • High ... PTHrP: - Low ... #Differential # ... Algorithm #Workup #nephrology