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Hypokalemia Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Low intake 
• poor oral intake 

Renal loss 
• Medication 
• Hypomagnesemia 
•
Hypokalemia Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Low intake ... tubular acidosis ... #Causes #Classification
Hypokalemia - Differential Diagnosis
Poor Intake 
 - Starvation
 - Anorexia
GI Losses 
 - Vomiting / NG
Hypokalemia - Differential ... tubular acidosis ... Diagnosis #Low # ... Potassium #Table ... #Classification
Hypokalemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Extra-renal Losses:
 • Normal Acid-Base: Low intake
 • Metabolic acidosis: Gl tract
Hypokalemia - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Extra-renal Losses ... • Metabolic acidosis ... Syndrome • HTN, High
Normal Anion-Gap Acidosis (NAGMA) - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Workup

NAGMA
- Chem, ABG or VBG
- Calculate Anion
(NAGMA) - Differential ... (GFR 20-50 ml/min ... Tubular Acidosis ... normal Type 4: Hyperkalemic ... - Diarrhea - High
Hypomagnesemia - Etiologies by Mechanism

Decreased GI Uptake 
 - Poor dietary intake (particularly common in alcoholics)
tubular dysfunction ... Hypomagnesemia #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Low ... #Magnesium #Table ... #Classification
Types of Renal Calculi

Calcium oxalate
 - Interstitial apatite plaque, Low urine volume, Increased urinary calcium excretion,
, Renal tubular ... acidosis (type 1 ... Mycoplasma infections, High ... tubular acidosis ... #stones #differential
The Diagnostic Approach to Hyperkalemia
Drugs
 - Amiloride
 - Spironolactone
 - Triamterene
 - Trimethoprim
 - Pentamidine
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cell disease - Renal ... transplant - SLE High ... mellitus - Acute GN ... #Algorithm #diagnosis ... #differential #
Distal Renal Tubular Acidosis
Distal RTA is the true Nephrogenic RTA and can be truly divided into
Distal Renal Tubular ... hypokalemic and the hyperkalemic ... distal RTA - A high ... #Tubular #Acidosis ... RTA #diagnosis #differential
Hypokalemia Evaluation Algorithm

Before evaluating hypokalemia, life threatening complications such as arrhythmias and paralysis should be looked
Algorithm Before ... suggests extra-renal ... urinary losses: • High ... - Metabolic acidosis ... #differential #
Physiologic Approach to Hypotonic Hyponatremia
The next time you have a case of hypotonic hyponatremia, give the
normal volume-based algorithm ... diuresis can be high ... : Hypovolemia, Hypervolemia ... #Hyponatremia #differential ... #diagnosis #table