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Hypomagnesemia - Differential Diagnosis
Renal Causes of Hypomagnesemia - Familial:
Bartter syndrome and Gitelman syndrome, Isolated recessive hypomagnesemia,
Differential Diagnosis ... and Gitelman syndrome ... #differential # ... #nephrology #magnesium ... #low
Causes of Metabolic Alkalosis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
GI Losses - Gastric
 • Vomiting
 • NG suction
GI
Causes of Metabolic ... Alkalosis - Differential ... loop/thiazide) • Hypomagnesemia ... Licorice • Liddle's Syndrome ... MetabolicAlkalosis #NonGap #Nephrology
Premature Ventricular Complexes (PVC's) - Summary Framework

Why PVCs?  Can be the first manifestation of cardiac
Inherited arrhythmia syndromes ... (e.g., long QT syndrome ... Sympathomimetics • Hypomagnesemia ... classified as: • Low ... #cardiology
Causes of Hypomagnesemia
 • Redistribution: IV glucose, Correction of diabetic ketoacidosis, IV hyperalimentation, Refeeding after starvation,
Causes of Hypomagnesemia ... aldosteronism #Hypomagnesemia ... #Causes #differential ... #diagnosis #nephrology ... #magnesium #low
Metabolic Alkalosis - Urinary Chloride Algorithm
Cl- responsive metabolic alkalosis
 • Kidney loss of Cl-
alkalosis • Normal/low ... , Hypomagnesemia ... the indicated causes ... urine #Algorithm #nephrology ... #differential #
Metabolic Causes of Kidney Stones in Children
 • Calcium Oxalate: Primary Hyperoxaluria type 1-3, Secondary Hyperoxaluria
Metabolic Causes ... type 1-4, Lowe ... hypercalciuria, Familial Hypomagnesemia ... Stones #pediatrics #nephrology ... #differential #
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
Palpitations - Differential ... palpitations: PVC ... decreased brain flow ... #Palpitations #Cardiology ... #Differential #
Gitelman Syndrome Overview

What?
• Inherited (AR) hypokalemic salt-losing tubulopathies affecting the thiazide-sensitive sodium chloride cotransporter
• Gitelman's syndrome
hypokalemia, mild hypomagnesemia ... alkalosis • Normal or low ... ratio 0.5%) Differential ... #diagnosis #nephrology ... #management #pathophysiology
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
acute coronary syndrome ... the determined cause ... #diagnosis #differential ... #algorithm #management ... #cardiology #treatment