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Proximal Renal Tubular Acidosis (RTA) Ttype 2 Overview

HCO3 reabsorptive failure
Lowering of threshold for HCO3 absorption in
Proximal Renal Tubular ... Acidosis (RTA) ... #Type2 #RenalTubular ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Nephrology
Distal Renal Tubular Acidosis (RTA)  Type 1 

Totally scuppers the kidney's acidification mechanism. Will be
Distal Renal Tubular ... Acidosis (RTA) ... #Management #Nephrology ... #Differential #RenalTubular ... #Acidosis
Hyperkalemic Distal Renal Tubular Acidosis (RTA) Type 4 - 

Failure to acidify urine in collecting duct
Hyperkalemic Distal Renal Tubular ... Acidosis (RTA) ... #Hyperkalemic #Diagnosis ... #Management #Nephrology ... #RenalTubular #
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
brain PRES Clinical ... narrowing on MRA/CTA ... epilepticus Treatment ... underlying cause • Treatment ... #management #neurology
Gitelman Syndrome Overview

What?
• Inherited (AR) hypokalemic salt-losing tubulopathies affecting the thiazide-sensitive sodium chloride cotransporter
• Gitelman's syndrome
(DCT) Clinical ... acidosis (RTA)) ... Rhabdomyolysis Treatment ... Gitelman #Syndrome #diagnosis ... #nephrology #management
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

Epidemiology:
• F > M: 9:1
• 5-6th Decades (can be any age)

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
, TYPE I RTA Diagnosis ... salivary ducts Clinical ... (Type I) renal tubular ... acidosis • NAGMA ... Adenocarcinoma Treatment
This is a suprasternal notch view demonstrating an aortic flap in a patient with a Stanford
thoracic aortic dissection ... the confirmatory CTA ... and standard treatment ... for a more rapid diagnosis ... Delta Hospital #Clinical