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Distal Renal Tubular Acidosis (RTA)  Type 1 

Totally scuppers the kidney's acidification mechanism. Will be
Acidosis (RTA) ... #Type1 #Distal ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Nephrology #Causes ... #Differential #
Causes of High-anion Gap and Non-anion Gap Metabolic Acidosis
Causes of High-anion Gap Acidosis:
 • Lactic acidosis
Proximal RTA (type ... Distal (classic) ... RTA (type I) ... #Acidosis #differential ... #nephrology
Proximal Renal Tubular Acidosis (RTA) Ttype 2 Overview

HCO3 reabsorptive failure
Lowering of threshold for HCO3 absorption in
(RTA) Ttype 2 Overview ... proximal tubule Distal ... #Type2 #RenalTubular ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Nephrology
Causes of Non-Gap Metabolic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Normal Anion Gap (<14) (Loss of Bicarbonate) -
Causes of Non-Gap ... Metabolic Acidosis ... - Differential ... #NonGap #Nephrology ... #Differential #
Metabolic Causes of Kidney Stones in Children
 • Calcium Oxalate: Primary Hyperoxaluria type 1-3, Secondary Hyperoxaluria
Calcium Phosphate: Distal ... Renal Tubular Acidosis ... (RTA), Bartter ... Stones #pediatrics #nephrology ... #differential #
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

S/Sx: Most pts asymptomatic. Weakness, cramping, nausea, paresthesias, palpitations,
arterial volume (↓distal ... Renin/Aldosterone, RTA ... Type IV, AI • ... 20 suggests ↓ distal ... Treatment #potassium #nephrology
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

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

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview ... Hypocomplementemia • Can cause ... TYPE IV RTA, TYPE ... Interstitial nephritis • Distal ... tubular acidosis
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
Syndrome (PRES) Overview ... mental status • Visual ... Reversible course Differential ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management ... #neurology
Gitelman Syndrome Overview

What?
• Inherited (AR) hypokalemic salt-losing tubulopathies affecting the thiazide-sensitive sodium chloride cotransporter
• Gitelman's syndrome
Gitelman Syndrome Overview ... of cells on the distal ... ratio 0.5%) Differential ... Renal tubular acidosis ... (RTA)) • Refeeding
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview ... decrease in HIV-1 RNA ... Related to the type ... Leishmaniasis Differential ... #Diagnosis #Management