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Hyponatremia - Diagnosis and Treatment
Hyponatremia is usually caused by the inability to excrete water normally.
Calculate serum osmolality ... Measure urine osmolality ... demyelination syndrome ... of symptomatic (seizures ... #Differential #
Hypernatremia Diagnosis and Workup

Step 1 . Repeat the sodium concentration.
Step 2.  Check plasma osmolality.
NORMAL PLASMA
Hypernatremia Diagnosis ... Check plasma osmolality ... mmol/L - true hyponatremia ... • nephrotic syndrome ... renal failure #Hypernatremia
Pathophysiology Based Approach to Hyponatremia - Diagnostic Algorithm

Not the "classic" Volume based approach. 

#Hyponatremia #Algorithm #Pathophysiology
Based Approach to Hyponatremia ... #Hyponatremia #Algorithm ... Pathophysiology #Diagnosis #Differential ... Nephrology #UOsm #Osmolality
Classification, Differential Diagnosis, and Features of Hyponatremia According to Volume Status 

Hypervolemic hypernatremia 
 - CHF
Classification, Differential ... and Features of Hyponatremia ... Hypervolemic hypernatremia ... - Nephrotic syndrome ... Classification #Differential
Hypernatremia - Differential Diagnosis Workup Algorithm

1) Check Urine Osmolality:
 > 600 mOsm/kg - Implies extrarenal mechanism
Differential Diagnosis ... 1) Check Urine Osmolality ... Hypervolemic: Conn syndrome ... , Cushing syndrome ... #Differential #
Causes of Hypernatremia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hypernatremia - Excess free water loss, Serum Sodium >145 mmol/L
High
Causes of Hypernatremia ... - Differential ... /L High Urine Osmolality ... glucosuria Low Urine Osmolality ... #Nephrology #Differential
Hyponatremia Differential Diagnosis Algorithm - Utilizing Uric Acid 
ADH promotes Urea/uric acid excretion along with water
Hyponatremia Differential ... retention 1) Serum Osmolarity ... 2) Urine Osmolarity ... Rachel Stern MD #Hyponatremia ... #Differential #
Causes of Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unprovoked - Epilepsy:
 • Focal: Simple, Complex
 • Generalized: Absence,
Causes of Seizures ... - Differential ... vasoconstriction syndrome ... Hyperglycemia, Hyponatremia ... #Differential #
Causes of Unprovoked Pediatric Seizures -  Epilepsy Syndromes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Infantile:
 • Benign
Unprovoked Pediatric Seizures ... - Epilepsy Syndromes ... - Differential ... Epilepsy #Unprovoked #Seizures ... #Differential #
Algorithm for the diagnosis of hyponatremia.

If you start with the osmolalities, urinary sodium etc first and
the diagnosis of hyponatremia ... #Diagnosis #Hyponatremia ... #Differential # ... Algorithm #Osmolality