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Hypokalemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Extra-renal Losses:
 • Normal Acid-Base: Low intake
 • Metabolic acidosis: Gl tract
Hypokalemia - Differential ... Losses: • Normal Acid-Base ... secreting tumor, Primary ... #Differential # ... Algorithm #causes #potassium
Causes of Hypokalemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Defining the cause of hypokalemia starts by measuring urinary K
- Differential ... starts by measuring urinary ... , glycyrrhizic acid ... #differential # ... causes #nephrology #potassium
Hypokalemia Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hypertensive:
 • High Al, Low R - Primary aldosteronism
 • High Al, High
Hypokalemia Differential ... High Al, Low R - Primary ... , glycyrrhizic acid ... #Differential # ... #causes #low #potassium
Guide to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)

What to ask/look for: 
 - HPI, PMH, full ROS
- Urine Na/K/Cl ... - CPK, uric acid ... - 45% - Pre-renal ... ) - Urinary tract ... Algorithm #Causes #Differential
Physiologic Approach to Hypotonic Hyponatremia
The next time you have a case of hypotonic hyponatremia, give the
normal volume-based ... Losses (AKI, Post-AKI ... Present (Uosm ≥100): Hypovolemia ... water intake (Primary ... #Hyponatremia #differential
Metabolic Alkalosis - Urinary Chloride Algorithm
Cl- responsive metabolic alkalosis
 • Kidney loss of Cl-
Metabolic Alkalosis - Urinary ... poisoning Normal acid-base ... of sodium and potassium ... acid salts. ... Algorithm #nephrology #differential
Causes of Hypokalemia
I. Decreased intake
   A. Starvation
   B. Clay ingestion
II. Redistribution into
Acid-base ... Vitamin or folic acid ... Renal 1. ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #Low #Potassium
Causes of Hyperkalemia
l. Pseudohyperkalemia
  A Cellular efflux; thrombocytosis, erythrocytosis, leukocytosis, in vitro hemolysis
  B.
Causes of Hyperkalemia ... E-aminocaproic acid ... Primary adrenal ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #High #Potassium