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Infographic depicting the main pearls of various types of congenital adrenal hyperplasia for the medical student.
of congenital adrenal ... CongenitalAdrenalHyperplasia #diagnosis ... comparison #treatment #Peds ... #Endocrinology ... #Adrenal #pathophysiology
Renal Tubular Acidosis #Diagnosis #Peds #Nephro #RTA #RenalTubularAcidosis #Algorithm #UrineAnionGap
Renal Tubular Acidosis ... #Diagnosis #Peds
Renal Tubular Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Decreased Serum K, Urine pH < 5.5 - Proximal RTA
Decreased
Renal Tubular Acidosis ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Tubular Acidosis ... #Tubular #Acidosis ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Arterial Blood Gas (ABG) Analysis - Metabolic + Respiratory Acidosis + Alkalosis

pH ↓ pCO2 ↓ -
+ Respiratory Acidosis ... ↓ - Metabolic acidosis ... - Respiratory acidosis ... Interpretation #AcidBase #Diagnosis ... #Compensation #acidosis
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Alkalemia: • pH ... = Acidemia • pH ... - Differential Diagnosis ... - Adrenal insufficiency ... Interpretation #Diagnosis
Approach to Acid Base Disorders - Evaluation and Differential Diagnosis
1) Start with the Anion Gap (AG).
2)
and Differential Diagnosis ... adding ~0.05 to pH ... Differential Diagnosis ... Ketoacidosis, Renal ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Renal Tubular Disorders

 • Distal Renal Tubular Acidosis (Type 1)
 • Proximal Renal Tubular Acidosis (Type
Tubular Acidosis ... Tubular Acidosis ... Tubular Acidosis ... #Tubular #Acidosis ... pathophysiology #nephrology #diagnosis
Proximal Renal Tubular Acidosis (RTA) Ttype 2 Overview

HCO3 reabsorptive failure
Lowering of threshold for HCO3 absorption in
Proximal Renal Tubular ... Acidosis (RTA) ... intact Can lower pH ... #RenalTubular #Acidosis ... #Proximal #Diagnosis
Renal tubular acidosis (RTA): refers to a group of conditions all of which cause the same
Renal tubular acidosis ... result: a metabolic acidosis ... causes of RTA #Diagnosis ... Table #Comparison #PH
Distal Renal Tubular Acidosis (RTA)  Type 1 

Totally scuppers the kidney's acidification mechanism. Will be
Distal Renal Tubular ... Acidosis (RTA) ... much easier to diagnosis ... Cannot lower pH ... #RenalTubular #Acidosis