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Lupus Nephritis Primer
Class I - Minimal Mesangial
Class II - Mesangial Proliferative
Class Ill - Focal Proliferative
Class IV
Lupus Nephritis Primer ... Lupus #Nephritis #SLE ... #Classification ... #Classes #differential ... diagnosis #management #nephrology
The Diagnostic Approach to Hyperkalemia
Drugs
 - Amiloride
 - Spironolactone
 - Triamterene
 - Trimethoprim
 - Pentamidine
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transplant - SLE ... High Renin - ... #Hyperkalemia #Algorithm ... #diagnosis #differential ... #causes
Causes of Non-Gap Metabolic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Normal Anion Gap (<14) (Loss of Bicarbonate) -
Diagnosis Algorithm ... Cell Problem - High ... MetabolicAcidosis #NonGap #Nephrology ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #Algorithm
Causes of Hypernatremia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hypernatremia - Excess free water loss, Serum Sodium >145 mmol/L
High
- Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Sodium >145 mmol/L High ... Osmotic diuresis (see ... Hypernatremia #Nephrology
Causes of Nephrolithiasis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Radio-opaque - Calcium-containing - 90% of stones
Radiolucent - Non-calcium 10%
- Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Hypocitraturia • RTA Type ... Nephrolithiasis #Nephrology ... #Differential #
Causes of High-anion Gap and Non-anion Gap Metabolic Acidosis
Causes of High-anion Gap Acidosis:
 • Lactic acidosis
Causes of High-anion ... Distal (classic) ... distal nephron dysfunction ... Metabolic #Acidosis #differential ... #nephrology
Factors that May Affect Fetal Oxygenation - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Excessive Uterine Activity:
 • Hyperstimulation
 • Placental
Diagnosis Algorithm ... Uteroplacental Dysfunction ... Vasculopathy (SLE ... , Type 1 diabetes ... #Causes #Obstetrics
Hyperkalemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

PseudoHyperkalemia:
 • Lab error
 • Traumatic venipuncture
 • Hemolysis, thrombocytosis, leukocytosis
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Hyperkalemia - Differential ... phlebotomy High ... insufficiency/Failure • SLE ... • Type IV RTA ... #nephrology
Hyperkalemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

PseudoHyperkalemia:
 • Lab error
 • Traumatic venipuncture
 • Hemolysis, thrombocytosis, leukocytosis
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Hyperkalemia - Differential ... phlebotomy High ... insufficiency/Failure • SLE ... • Type IV RTA ... #nephrology
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
Cord Disorders - Differential ... Behcet disease - SLE ... Bowel and bladder dysfunction ... #differential ... #algorithm