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Hypophosphatemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Appropriately Low Kidney Phosphate Excretion:
 • Decreased GI Absorption: Chronic Diarrhea, Antacids,
- Differential Diagnosis ... Shift: Refeeding Syndrome ... Tumor Genesis Syndrome ... FGF23: Fanconi Syndrome ... #Algorithm #nephrology
Inherited Defects in Kidney Tubule Epithelial Cells

Renal glucosuria - Na+-dependent glucose cotransporter
Cystinuria - Amino acid transporter
Bartter
transporter Bartter syndrome ... limb Gitelman syndrome ... tubule Liddle syndrome ... Nephrogenic syndrome ... #Nephrology #Diagnosis
Wernicke Encephalopathy - Triad

Encephalopathy 
 • Disorientation 
 • Indifference 
 • Inattentiveness 
Ocular motor dysfunction
Inattentiveness Ocular ... Encephalopathy #Syndrome ... #Triad #Diagnosis ... #Neurology #Thiamine ... #Deficiency
Wernicke Encephalopathy - Acute B1 (Thiamine) Deficiency - Diagnosis and Management
Diagnosis - Caine Criteria (2 of
- Diagnosis and ... Management Diagnosis ... ophthalmoplegia and nystagmus ... development of Korsakoff syndrome ... #neurology #nutrition
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) in Patients with Cancer 

Cancer Related 
• Hypercalcemia 
• Intravenous contrast 
•
Acute Kidney Injury ... sinusoidal obstructive syndrome ... Capillary leak syndrome ... • Tumor lysis syndrome ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Acute Kidney Injury - Classification
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration
 • Heart failure (a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome)
 • Liver failure
Acute Kidney Injury ... a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome ... a.k.a. hepatorenal syndrome ... Classification #diagnosis ... #nephrology
Lateral Medullary Syndrome - Wallenberg's Syndrome
Acute continuous vertigo due to Posterior Circulation Stroke (usually Posterior Inferior
Lateral Medullary Syndrome ... - Wallenberg's Syndrome ... Ipsilateral Horner's Syndrome ... Lateral #Medullary #Syndrome ... #diagnosis
Korsakoff Syndrome
Clinical Findings:
 • Confabulation: Usually initial phase of the disease
 • Anterograde amnesia: Memory impairment
Korsakoff Syndrome ... Clinical Findings ... Therefore, Korsakoff Syndrome ... neudrawlogy #Korsakoff #Syndrome ... #neurology #diagnosis
Algorithm for patients with hypokalemia on the basis of the potassium-to-creatinine ratio in the urine
Urine K+
Aldosterone: Cushing syndrome ... , Syndrome of apparent ... excess, Liddle syndrome ... , Bartter syndrome ... , Gitelman syndrome
Urine Specific Gravity - Interpretation
Specific Gravity = Density of urine / Density of water
SG close to
Diabetes insipidus (deficiency ... 1.010: • Advanced kidney ... Dehydration • SIADH (syndrome ... Interpretation #diagnosis ... #differential #nephrology