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Localization of Renal Tubular Defects
Fanconi Syndrome: Proximal tubule
Bartter Syndrome: Thick ascending loop of Henle
Gitelman Syndrome: Distal
Defects Fanconi Syndrome ... tubule Bartter Syndrome ... #Localization #Nephron ... #Defects #Pathophysiology ... #Nephrology
Mechanisms of nephron damage in cardiorenal syndrome
 • Increased renal interstitial pressure
 • Hypoperfusion
 • Reduced
Mechanisms of nephron ... in cardiorenal syndrome ... #cardiorenal #syndrome ... #Mechanisms #pathophysiology ... #nephrology
Gitelman Syndrome Pathophysiology
Gitelman Syndrome is a rare autosomal recessive salt-losing tubulopathy with a prevalence of 1-
Gitelman Syndrome ... Pathophysiology ... delivery to distal nephron ... #Pathophysiology ... #nephrology #diagnosis
Causes of Hypokalemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Increased Loss 
 - Increased GI Loss
 - Increased Urinary
Hypokalemia - Differential ... imports K+ into cells ... - Refeeding Syndrome ... #Hypokalemia #Differential ... potassium #low #pathophysiology
Hematuria - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Gross Hematuria: Red/Dark urine
 • 1ml blood/liter urine can induce color change
Hematuria - Differential ... disease - Alport syndrome ... pain hematuria syndrome ... • Nutcracker syndrome ... #Hematuria #Differential
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Algorithm and Differential ... blood count with differential ... dipstick, urine microscopy ... Abdominal compartment syndrome ... • Cardio-renal syndrome
Acute Spinal Cord Injuries: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Anterior Cord Syndrome -> Anterior spinal artery
Anterior Cord Syndrome ... • Central Cord Syndrome ... and lower motor neuron ... #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #orthopedics #neurology
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome ... symptomatology Differential ... polyangiitis, Microscopic ... #differential # ... diagnosis #nephrology
Causes of Peripheral Weakness without Sensory Changes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
No Objective Weakness
 • Cardio-pulmonary disease
Sensory Changes - Differential ... Disease Motor Neuron ... Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome ... Peripheral #Weakness #Neurology ... #Differential #
Common causes of Acute Kidney Injury AKI - Differential Diagnosis
HEMODYNAMIC
 • Cardiac failure: Impaired forward flow,
Kidney Injury AKI - Differential ... inhibitors, hepatorenal syndrome ... Abhilash Koratala @NephroP ... #KidneyInjury #Differential ... #Diagnosis #nephrology