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Workup for Hyperphosphatemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Rule out spurious hyperphosphatemia: paraproteinemia, hyperlipidemia, hemolysis, hyperbilirubinemia, liposomal amphotericin
t-PA, heparin Acute ... Shift: • Lactic acidosis ... , DKA Kidney Disease ... CKD Increased Renal ... #phosphate #nephrology
Approach to Acid Base Disorders - Evaluation and Differential Diagnosis
1) Start with the Anion Gap (AG).
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the chronicity (acute ... , chronic, or acute ... Obstructive Lung Disease ... Neuromuscular Disease ... Disorders #Evaluation #workup
Common causes of Acute Kidney Injury AKI - Differential Diagnosis
HEMODYNAMIC
 • Cardiac failure: Impaired forward flow,
Kidney Injury AKI ... - Differential ... thromboembolism, renal ... #KidneyInjury # ... #nephrology
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury ( AKI ) - Prerenal, Renal, and Postrenal

PRE-RENAL 
Impaired perfusion: 
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Kidney Injury ( ... • Inflammatory disease ... stricture/valves Meatal ... Postrenal #Failure #Differential ... #Nephrology
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
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Acid Base Disorders ... Acute or chronic ... Compensation, Acute ... restrictive lung disease ... Diagnosis #Summary #Nephrology
Causes of High-anion Gap and Non-anion Gap Metabolic Acidosis
Causes of High-anion Gap Acidosis:
 • Lactic acidosis
failure (acute ... Renal acidosis ... Chronic progressive kidney ... disease Ill. ... #differential #
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
- Differential ... presentations and disease ... patient’s complete medical ... cardiac output - Acute ... peritonitis - Acute