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Thiazide induced Hyponatremia - Pathophysiology
 • Reduced distal delivery
 • Inhibition of the NCC (dilution capcity)-
Hyponatremia - Pathophysiology ... Reduced urea (solute load ... #Hyponatremia #Pathophysiology ... #diagnosis #differential
Hyperkalemia: Diagnostic algorithm
Decreased renal potassium excretion
 • Acute renal failure
 • Chronic renal failure
 • Drugs
Increased
Hyperkalemia: Diagnostic ... algorithm Decreased renal ... excretion • Acute renal ... Increased potassium load ... #Hyperkalemia #Diagnosis
Interpreting Kidney Biomarkers

↑ Creatinine: 
 • AKI, CKD
 • Medications that lead to nephroprotective ↓ in
Medications that lead ... Medications that ↓ renal ... Biomarkers #Kidney #renal ... #diagnosis #laboratory
Causes of Hypermagnesemia
Increased magnesium load
 - Magnesium-containing laxatives, antacids, or enemas
 - Treatment of pre-edampsia/eclampsia (mothers
Increased magnesium load ... Rhabdomyolysis Increased renal ... Hypermagnesemia #Causes #diagnosis
Polyuria - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Urine Output > 3L /day
Water Diuresis (Urine Osm <100 mOsm/kg)
 • Primary
- Differential Diagnosis ... Dl • Chronic Renal ... Exogenous solute load ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Workup for Hyperphosphatemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Rule out spurious hyperphosphatemia: paraproteinemia, hyperlipidemia, hemolysis, hyperbilirubinemia, liposomal amphotericin
- Differential Diagnosis ... Acute Phosphate Load ... CKD Increased Renal ... #Differential #Diagnosis
ABCs of Lung Ultrasound - A-Lines, B-Lines, Consolidation
A-Profile - Air filled lung does not transmit sound
ABCs of Lung Ultrasound ... propagation of ultrasound ... Filled alveoli lead ... Collapsed alveoli lead ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Causes of Anemia by Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Low Mean Corpuscular Volume (<80
- Differential Diagnosis ... Thalassemia • Lead ... Renal Disease, Liver ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Pediatric Causes of Abdominal Pain

Surgical:
 - Acute appendicitis 
 - Intestinal obstruction including intussusception 
 -
hydronephrosis • renal ... Psychological - Lead ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Post-TAVR Suicide Left Ventricle
Pre-TAVR: High afterload from aortic stenosis leads to compensatory left ventricular hypertrophy and
afterload can lead ... Left #Ventricle #diagnosis ... #management #pathophysiology