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Polyuria - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Urine Output > 3L /day
Water Diuresis (Urine Osm <100 mOsm/kg)
 • Primary
Diagnosis Algorithm ... Polydipsia • Central Diabetes ... Diabetes Insipidus ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #causes #nephrology
Water Deprivation Test - Differential Diagnosis of Diabetes Insipidus (DI)
Concept of WDT: endogenous vasopressin secretion is
Diagnosis of Diabetes ... Insipidus (DI) ... concentration capacity #Diabetes ... #Insipidus #DI ... #Diagnosis #algorithm
Causes of Hypernatremia - Differential Diagnosis
Inadequate water intake:
 • Lack of access to water
Extrarenal hypotonic fluid
Causes of Hypernatremia ... - Differential ... diuresis • Central diabetes ... diabetes insipidus ... #Diagnosis #Causes
Causes of Polyuria - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Polyuria - Urine Output > 3L/day, Increased Urine Volume (>2ml/min)
Osmotic
Diagnosis Algorithm ... (Uncontrolled Diabetes ... • Central Diabetes ... • Nephrogenic Diabetes ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Hyperglycemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Diabetes Mellitus:
 • Impaired Glucose Tolerance
 • Type I Diabetes
 • Type
Diagnosis Algorithm ... Diabetes Mellitus ... • Type 2 Diabetes ... • Gestational Diabetes ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Causes of Hypernatremia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hypernatremia - Excess free water loss, Serum Sodium >145 mmol/L
High
Diagnosis Algorithm ... 300 mmol/kg • Diabetes ... Insipidus Hypodipsia ... • Decreased level ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Hypernatremia Differential Diagnosis Algorithm - Diabetes Insipidus Workup

Step #1 - Consider the history
Step #2 - Assess
Hypernatremia Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... - Diabetes Insipidus ... Hypernatremia #Management #Algorithm ... Sodium #nephrology #insipidus
Classification of Diabetes Insipidus

Central or neurogenic diabetes insipidus:
 - Congenital - Structural malformations affecting the hypothalamus
Classification of Diabetes ... or neurogenic diabetes ... Idiopathic Nephrogenic diabetes ... or dipsogenic diabetes ... #Diabetes #Insipidus
Causes of Enuresis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Primary Nocturnal Enuresis (Urinary Control Never Achieved)
 • Delayed Maturation
Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Cystitis • Diabetes ... Mellitus • Other (Diabetes ... Insipidus, Urethral ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Etiologies of Hypernatremia - Differential Diagnosis
GI losses / Insensible losses
Sodium Overload
Transcellular Movement of Water
Central Diabetes Insipidus
Diagnosis GI losses ... Water Central Diabetes ... Insipidus (Decr ... disorders Nephrogenic Diabetes ... #Causes