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Metformin: Biguanide
Metformin is the first-line medication for treatment of type 2 diabetes. It is very effective
treatment of type 2 diabetes ... and using the ER ... attention to patients renal ... Pharmacology #Mechanism #Diabetes
Causes of Hypernatremia - Differential Diagnosis
Inadequate water intake:
 • Lack of access to water
Extrarenal hypotonic fluid
- Differential Diagnosis ... perspiration Renal ... diuresis • Central diabetes ... • Nephrogenic diabetes ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Common ultrasound abnormalities seen on kidney and urinary bladder POCUS

- Dr. Abhilash Koratala MD - NephroPOCUS
urinary bladder POCUS ... #differential #diagnosis ... #pocus #ultrasound ... #renal #clinical
Polyuria - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Urine Output > 3L /day
Water Diuresis (Urine Osm <100 mOsm/kg)
 • Primary
- Differential Diagnosis ... Polydipsia • Central Diabetes ... • Nephrogenic Diabetes ... Dl • Chronic Renal ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Etiologies of Hypernatremia - Differential Diagnosis
GI losses / Insensible losses
Sodium Overload
Transcellular Movement of Water
Central Diabetes Insipidus
- Differential Diagnosis ... Water Central Diabetes ... hypokalemia - Various renal ... diseases (e.g. renal ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Hyperkalemia: Diagnostic algorithm
Decreased renal potassium excretion
 • Acute renal failure
 • Chronic renal failure
 • Drugs
Increased
Hyperkalemia: Diagnostic ... algorithm Decreased renal ... excretion • Acute renal ... • Drugs • Diabetic ... #Hyperkalemia #Diagnosis
Clinical Examination of the Patient with Diabetes

#Diabetes #DM #PhysicalExam #Diagnosis #Signs #Examination
Clinical Examination ... the Patient with Diabetes ... #Diabetes #DM ... #PhysicalExam #Diagnosis
Lactic Acidosis Classification - Type A vs Type B
Type A Lactic Acidosis: Sepsis, Ischemic bowel, Hemorrhagic
Disease, Malignancy, Diabetes ... bowel (D-lactate), Renal ... #TypeA #TypeB #diagnosis
Vitreous Hemorrhage on Ocular POCUS

Binocular vision loss - think cortical blindness, opt for CT/MRI
Monocular vision loss
Hemorrhage on Ocular POCUS ... problem, opt for POCUS ... with history of diabetes ... hemorrhage/detachment diagnosis ... #clinical #ultrasound
Causes of Chronic Kidney Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Decreased kidney function (eGFR < 60 ml/min/1.73 m2)
- Differential Diagnosis ... 3 months Pre-Renal ... Atheroemboli • Renal ... Proteinuria) • Diabetes ... #Differential #Diagnosis