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Hypokalemia - Differential Diagnosis
Poor Intake 
 - Starvation
 - Anorexia
GI Losses 
 - Vomiting / NG
Mineralocorticoid excess - Renal ... tubular acidosis ... - Salt wasting ... Low #Potassium #Table ... #Classification
Renal Tubular Acidosis (RTA) 
Type 1 - Failure of secretion
Type 2 - Bicarbonate wasting
Type 4 -
Renal Tubular Acidosis ... with proximal features ... and high salt diet ... #Acidosis #RTA ... #types #classification
Classification, Differential Diagnosis, and Features of Hyponatremia According to Volume Status 

Hypervolemic hypernatremia 
 - CHF
Diagnosis, and Features ... Glucocorticoid deficit - Hypokalemia ... Drugs - SIADH Renal ... Mineralocorticoid deficit - Salt-losing ... Differential #Diagnosis #Table
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

S/Sx: Most pts asymptomatic. Weakness, cramping, nausea, paresthesias, palpitations,
post-hypothermia • ↓ Renal ... Excretion: - Renal ... Aldosterone, RTA Type ... 15 suggests ↓ renal ... Elimination (see Table
Gitelman Syndrome Overview

What?
• Inherited (AR) hypokalemic salt-losing tubulopathies affecting the thiazide-sensitive sodium chloride cotransporter
• Gitelman's syndrome
salt-losing tubulopathies ... craving • Fatigue ... (renal potassium ... tubular acidosis ... diagnosis #nephrology #management