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Approach to Gout
Diagnosis: r/o septic arthritis! Needle-shaped, negative birefringent crystals
Treatment:
 • Weight loss, diet, d/c culprit
medications • Acute ... • Colchicine: Acute ... tophi 3) Radiographic ... Urate nephropathy, renal ... #diagnosis #management
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Chronic Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Exclude:
1. Causes of acute diarrhea
2. Lactose intolerance
3.
Algorithm for the ... Causes of acute ... Lactose intolerance 3. ... #Diarrhea #management ... #algorithm #workup
Workup for Hypophosphatemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Rule out spurious hypophosphatemia: paraproteinemia, acute leukemia
Measure Urine Fractional Excretion
Framework Rule out ... Malabsorption, Chronic ... diarrhea, Poor ... FEPO4 ≥ 5% - Renal ... #phosphate #nephrology
Post-Transplant Diarrhea - Diagnosis and Management Algorithm
Post-transplant diarrhea (≥ 3 loose or liquid stools per day)
diarrhea (≥ 3 loose ... Malabsorption workup ... in case of chronic ... #Algorithm #nephrology ... #renal #kidney
Scleroderma Renal Crisis (SRC)

Clinical Presentation of Scleroderma Renal Crisis:
1) Acute kidney injury
2) Abrupt onset of hypertension
3)
Crisis: 1) Acute ... hypertension 3) ... diagnosis and rule out ... #nephrology #diagnosis ... #management
Management of Pruritus in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease
Pruritus with no primary lesions - differential diagnosis:
Patients with Chronic ... diagnosis: • Renal ... pruritus • Hematologic ... itchy areas. 3. ... #Nephrology #CKD