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Primary Metabolic Alkalosis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Volume Depleted - 2° hyperaldosteronism
 • Low Urine Cl-: Vomiting,
, Gitelman Syndrome ... artery stenosis, Renin-secreting ... , Liddle syndrome ... PRA: plasma renin ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Nephrology
Pharmacological Treatment of Hepatorenal Syndrome (HRS)

Midodrine - Alpha agonist incr blood pressure incr renal perfusion pressure
Pharmacological Treatment ... of Hepatorenal Syndrome ... #HepatoRenal #Syndrome ... #Pharmacology # ... Medications #Treatment
Primary Metabolic Alkalosis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Volume Depleted 2° hyperaldosteronism
 • Low Urine Cl-: Vomiting, NGT
• High Urine Cl ... , Gitelman Syndrome ... artery stenosis, Renin-secreting ... , Liddle syndrome ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #nephrology
Hypokalemia Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hypertensive:
 • High Al, Low R - Primary aldosteronism
 • High Al, High
renovascular HT, Renin-secreting ... acid, Liddle's Syndrome ... Normotensive: • UCl ... Post-hypercapnia • UCl ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #nephrology
Algorithm for patients with hypokalemia on the basis of the potassium-to-creatinine ratio in the urine
Urine K+
excess, Liddle syndrome ... • Low Urine Cl ... • High Urine Cl ... , Gitelman syndrome ... algorithm #diagnosis #nephrology
Algorithm for the Treatment of Uremic Pruritus
Nonpharmacologic Treatments:
 • Daily topical emollient
 • Avoidance of extremes
Algorithm for the Treatment ... Evidence-Based Off-Label Pharmacologic ... Treatments of Uremic ... nalfurafine 2.5 mcg ... #management #nephrology
Adie's Pupil
What? Unknown nature & benign
 • Regular and mildly dilated pupil (4-6mm);
 • Light-near dissociaton;
Unknown nature & benign ... Holmes-Adie Syndrome ... #Adies #Pupil #PhysicalExam ... #neurology #ophthalmology
Anticonvulsants as Mood Stabilizers: Mechanism and Side-effect
Examples: Valproate, Carbamazepine, Lamotrigine
 • Mild anticholinergic effect -> Drowsiness
Allergic reaction -> Benign ... Stevens-Johnson Syndrome ... , asthenia • Neurologic ... Pathophysiology #Psychiatry #Pharmacology
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
may precede the neurologic ... with hypertension being ... Anterior circulation: MCA ... epilepticus Treatment ... underlying cause • Treatment
Pisa Syndrome (pleurothotonus) on Physical Exam
A tonic flexion of the trunk of the body to one
Pisa Syndrome (pleurothotonus ... Treatment: anticholinergics ... FatimahDandan #Pisa #Syndrome ... pleurothotonus #PhysicalExam ... #clinical #neurology