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Hypernatremia Differential Diagnosis Algorithm - Diabetes Insipidus Workup

Step #1 - Consider the history
Step #2 - Assess
Hypernatremia Differential ... Diabetes Insipidus Workup ... Step #1 - Consider ... Uglucose Step #3 ... #nephrology #insipidus
Causes of Gallbladder Wall Thickening
Primary Wall Thickening:
1 . Acute calculous cholecystitis
2. Acute acalculous cholecystitis
3. Chronic cholecystitis
4.
Wall Thickening: 1 ... cholecystitis 3. ... mononucleosis, AIDS ... Typhoid, Dengue fever ... #differential #
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 ... Hypernatremia #Nephrology
Hypernatremia Diagnosis and Workup

Step 1 . Repeat the sodium concentration.
Step 2.  Check plasma osmolality.
NORMAL PLASMA
Step 1 . ... Repeat the sodium ... administration Step 3. ... - burns - fevers ... #Algorithm #Nephrology
Causes of Hypokalemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Once pseudohypokalemia is ruled out, causes of hypokalemia can be
- Differential ... discrete buckets: 1. ... transcellular shift) 3. ... #Hypokalemia #Differential ... #workup #nephrology
Hypokalemia Differential Algorithm
Acidosis
 - RTA
 - Diarrhea
pH Normal 
 1. Decreased Mg 
 2. Intracellular Shift
Hypokalemia Differential ... discontinued) 3. ... secreting tumor 3. ... Algorithm #Diagnosis #Causes ... #Workup #Nephrology
Hyponatremia - Diagnosis and Treatment
Hyponatremia is usually caused by the inability to excrete water normally.
Hyponatremia is usually caused ... to work through ... 1) Is it hypotonic ... Diagnosis #Treatment #management ... #nephrology #sodium
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Acute Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Are the following present?
   1.
1. ... Immunocompromised patient: AIDS ... Bloody diarrhea, fever ... Acute #Diarrhea #management ... #algorithm #workup
Peri-operative Hyperthermia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
If prolonged or ≥ 39 C this is a
Actively maintained fever ... 1) Drug induced ... Phaeochromocytoma Neurologic ... #Hyperthermia #Differential ... #Workup
Causes of Myocarditis 
1. Infectious Myocarditis
 • Bacterial - Staphylococcus, Streptococcus, Pneumococcus, Meningococcus, Gonococcus, Salmonella, Corynebacterium
Coxiella bumetti (Q fever ... Mountain Spotted fever ... virus, yellow fever ... Junin virus, Lassa fever ... disease (rheumatic fever