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Hypernatremia Diagnosis and Workup

Step 1 . Repeat the sodium concentration.
Step 2.  Check plasma osmolality.
NORMAL PLASMA
and Workup Step ... Repeat the sodium ... - burns - fevers ... #Diagnosis #Workup ... #Algorithm #Nephrology
Causes of Hypernatremia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hypernatremia - Excess free water loss, Serum Sodium >145 mmol/L
High
- Differential ... water loss, Serum Sodium ... • Decreased level ... ICU patients • Fever ... #Nephrology #Differential
Hypernatremia Differential Diagnosis Algorithm - Diabetes Insipidus Workup

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

1) Check Urine Osmolality:
 > 600 mOsm/kg - Implies extrarenal mechanism
Differential Diagnosis ... Workup Algorithm ... #Differential # ... #Algorithm #nephrology ... #sodium
Bilateral Ballism on Neurological Examination - Movement Disorders

Fever induced bilateral ballismus.

#Bilateral #Ballismus #Ballism #clinical #video #neurology
Examination - Movement ... Disorders Fever ... Ballism #clinical #video ... #neurology #movement
Bilateral Ballism on Neurological Examination - Movement Disorders

Fever induced bilateral ballismus. 

#Bilateral #Ballismus #Ballism #clinical #video
Examination - Movement ... Disorders Fever ... Ballism #clinical #video ... #neurology #movement
Sydenham chorea in a 12 year old boy with Acute Rheumatic Fever.

#Sydenham #chorea #clinical #video #physicalexam
Acute Rheumatic Fever ... chorea #clinical #video ... #physicalexam #neurology ... #movement
Hyponatremia - Diagnosis and Treatment
Hyponatremia is usually caused by the inability to excrete water normally.
3 questions to work ... approach to the differential ... #Differential # ... Treatment #management #nephrology ... #sodium
Hyponatremia - Differential Algorithm
Isotonic Hyponatremia: Hyperlipidemia, Hyperproteinemia, Recent TURP
Hypotonic Hyponatremia: 
 • Hypovolemia: Diuretics/Nephropathies, Vomiting, Diarrhea,
Hyponatremia - Differential ... Heart Failure, Liver ... #Differential # ... diagnosis #causes #nephrology ... #sodium #low
Status Dystonicus on Neurological Exam

Young man with recent onset worsening of his generalized dystonia , fever
generalized dystonia , fever ... and a CPK level ... Clinical features are fever ... #physicalexam #neurology ... #dystonia #movement