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Hypokalemia Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Low intake 
• poor oral intake 

Renal loss 
• Medication 
• Hypomagnesemia 
•
Hypokalemia Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Medication • Hypomagnesemia ... • Osmotic diuresis ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Hypomagnesemia - Etiologies by Mechanism

Decreased GI Uptake 
 - Poor dietary intake (particularly common in alcoholics)
Hypomagnesemia - ... Primary intestinal hypomagnesemia ... Hypokalemia - Osmotic ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #Low #
Hypomagnesemia - Differential Diagnosis
Renal Causes of Hypomagnesemia - Familial:
Bartter syndrome and Gitelman syndrome, Isolated recessive hypomagnesemia,
Hypomagnesemia - ... Differential Diagnosis ... #differential # ... diagnosis #causes ... #nephrology #magnesium
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
Hypophosphatemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Transcellular Shift
 • Recovery From DKA
 • Refeeding Syndrome
 • Acute Respiratory
Hypophosphatemia - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Hypokalemia • Hypomagnesemia ... Fanconi Syndrome • Osmotic ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
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