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Stress Dose Steroids - Indications and Dosing

SUPPRESSED HPA AXIS:
 prednisone >20mg/day x 3 weeks or more
Indications and Dosing ... #Indications #Dosing ... #Endocrinology ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Pharmacology
Causes of Hyponatremia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hypovolemia, UNa > 20: 
 • Renal losses, Diuretic excess,
- Differential Diagnosis ... deficiency, Salt-losing ... Stress, Drugs, Syndrome ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... Algorithm #Causes #nephrology
Hypophosphatemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Decreased intake/absorption: Starvation, Alcoholism, Malabsorption, Phosphate binder use
 • Redistribution/
- Differential Diagnosis ... Redistribution/ Shift into cells ... ), Hungry bone syndrome ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... Algorithm #causes #nephrology
Gitelman Syndrome Pathophysiology
Gitelman Syndrome is a rare autosomal recessive salt-losing tubulopathy with a prevalence of 1-
Gitelman Syndrome ... Pathophysiology Gitelman Syndrome ... recessive salt-losing ... Pathophysiology #nephrology ... #diagnosis
High Anion Gap Metabolic Acidosis (HAGMA) - Differential Diagnosis - GOLDMARK

Glycols - ethylene and propylene glycol
Oxoproline
- Differential Diagnosis ... L-lactate - produced during ... with short bowel syndrome ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... GOLDMARK #mnemonic #nephrology
Urinary Casts and Disease Associations
Hyaline - May be nonspecific; seen in normal individuals or during severe
individuals or during ... Fatty - Nephrotic syndrome ... edgarvlermamd - Nephrology ... Differential #Microscopy #Diagnosis ... #Nephrology
Inherited Defects in Kidney Tubule Epithelial Cells

Renal glucosuria - Na+-dependent glucose cotransporter
Cystinuria - Amino acid transporter
Bartter
Tubule Epithelial Cells ... limb Gitelman syndrome ... tubule Liddle syndrome ... Defects #Kidney #Nephrology ... #Diagnosis #Differential
Etiologies of Peripheral Neuropathy
 • Metabolic / Nutritional: DiabetesB12 deficiency, Uremia/ESRD, Hypothyroidism
 • Medication-induced: ART, Antibiotics,
Paraprotein-associated (POEMS syndrome ... Leah Willis via ... #differential #diagnosis ... #causes #neurology
Hashitoxicosis

‘Leakage’ symptoms of active Hashimoto’s disease

- Hashitoxicosis (Htx) can occur during the initial hyperthyroid stage in
Htx) can occur during ... lymphocytes and plasma cells ... Hashitoxicosis #Hashimotos #Endocrinology ... #Diagnosis #Pathophysiology
Amiodarone Thyroid Complications
Amiodarone: 
 - iodine-rich, similar structure to T4, with half life up to 100d
thyroid follicular cells ... Complications #endocrinology ... #diagnosis #pharmacology