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Causes of Hypernatremia - Differential Diagnosis
Inadequate water intake:
 • Lack of access to water
Extrarenal hypotonic fluid
Hypernatremia - Differential ... Diagnosis Inadequate ... Diuretics • Osmotic ... #Diagnosis #Causes ... #nephrology #sodium
Diarrhea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Inflammatory
    - Invasive Infections
    - Non-Infections
Watery
Diarrhea - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Non-Infections Watery - Osmotic ... BostonChiefs #Diarrhea #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Causes of Generalized Edema - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Overfill (Increased renal sodium retention, Urine Na > 40meq/L)
Generalized Edema - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Increased Interstitial Oncotic ... Decreased Capillary Oncotic ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Acute Diarrhea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Ischemic: Small Bowel vs Large Bowel
 • Infectious: Diarrhea-Predominant
Acute Diarrhea - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Non-Bloody • Dietary (osmotic ... Acute #Diarrhea #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Mechanisms of Lower Extremity Edema: #Diagnosis #Pathophys #EM #IM #Edema #Lower #LowerExtremity #Causes #Starling #Oncotic #Hydrostatic
Extremity Edema: #Diagnosis ... Causes #Starling #Oncotic ... Hydrostatic #Pressure #Differential
Diarrhea Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Inflammatory
 - Infectious
   - Noninvasive
     - Viral
Diarrhea Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Noninfectious Osmotic ... #Diarrhea #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Water Deprivation Test - Differential Diagnosis of Diabetes Insipidus (DI)
Concept of WDT: endogenous vasopressin secretion is
Deprivation Test - Differential ... Diagnosis of Diabetes ... measured upon osmotic ... Deprivation #Test #Differential ... #Diagnosis #algorithm
Nephron Pathophysiology - Diuretic Sites of Action
Diuretics
1) Acetazolamide/canagliflozin
2) Osmotic agents (mannitol, urearetics)
3) Loop agents (eg, furosemide)
4)
canagliflozin 2) Osmotic ... Sites #Action #nephrology
Causes of Hypernatremia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hypernatremia - Excess free water loss, Serum Sodium >145 mmol/L
High
Hypernatremia - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... administration • Osmotic ... Hypernatremia #Nephrology ... #Differential #
Hormones Acting on the Nephron - Diuretics and Their Site of Action
 1) Acetazolamide
 2) Osmotic
Acetazolamide 2) Osmotic ... Pathophysiology #Nephrology