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Hyponatremia Differential Diagnosis Algorithm - Utilizing Uric Acid 
ADH promotes Urea/uric acid excretion along with water
Hyponatremia Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... water retention 1) Serum ... 4) Serum Uric Acid ... Acid → renal salt wasting
Deciphering the SAAG - Serum to Ascites Albumin Gradient
Ascites is either made in the liver sinusoid
Deciphering the SAAG - Serum ... Scott Matherly @liverprof ... Albumin #Gradient #Interpretation ... #Differential # ... Analysis
A lazy man's classification of hyponatremia
There are two possible approaches to the diagnosis of hyponatremia: .
the same tests (serum ... osmolality and urinary sodium ... cerebral salt wasting ... #Hyponatremia #Algorithm ... #Differential #
Physiologic Approach to Hypotonic Hyponatremia
The next time you have a case of hypotonic hyponatremia, give the
normal volume-based algorithm ... Urine Na+K / serum ... : SIADH, Renal Sodium ... Cerebral Salt Wasting ... #Hyponatremia #differential
Pragmatic diagnostic algorithm for hypokalemia. 
***Typical presentations: 
 • Vomiting: urine Na/Cl > 1.6, low urine
Pragmatic diagnostic algorithm ... confirmed via genetic testing ... after correcting serum ... in most cases; interpretation ... hypokalemia #diagnosis #differential