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Adrenal Insufficiency Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Clinical suspicion: Weakness, fatigue, nausea, musculoskeletal pain, dizziness, volume depletion, abdominal pain,
Algorithm Clinical ... suspicion: Weakness ... volume depletion, abdominal ... hyponatremia, hyperkalemia ... #endocrinology
Hypokalemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Extra-renal Losses:
 • Normal Acid-Base: Low intake
 • Metabolic acidosis: Gl tract
Hypokalemia - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Bartter syndrome, Gitelman ... #Differential # ... #nephrology
Hypokalemia Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hypertensive:
 • High Al, Low R - Primary aldosteronism
 • High Al, High
Hypokalemia Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Syndrome, Congenital Adrenal ... Bartter's syndrome, Gitelman's ... #nephrology #causes
Algorithm for patients with hypokalemia on the basis of the potassium-to-creatinine ratio in the urine
Urine K+
Algorithm for patients ... ↑ Aldosterone: Adrenal ... Bartter syndrome, Gitelman ... urine #potassium #differential ... #nephrology
Hypokalemia Evaluation Algorithm

Before evaluating hypokalemia, life threatening complications such as arrhythmias and paralysis should be looked
Algorithm Before ... Bartter syndrome, Gitelman ... #differential # ... potassium #nephrology ... #low
Gitelman Syndrome Overview

What?
• Inherited (AR) hypokalemic salt-losing tubulopathies affecting the thiazide-sensitive sodium chloride cotransporter
• Gitelman's syndrome
Fatigue • Muscle weakness ... alkalosis • Normal or low ... (renal potassium ... ratio 0.5%) Differential ... Syndrome #diagnosis #nephrology
Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA) - Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
 • Note: in DKA, body K+ is lost
To prevent hypokalemia ... Signs/Symptoms/Complications ... resting HR) • Abdominal ... fruity odor) • Weakness ... pathophysiology #endocrinology
Cushing's Syndrome - Hypercortisolism - Diagnosis and Clinical Features
1) Skin
 • Thin, easily bruisable skin with
Muscle atrophy/weakness ... Cataracts Labs: Hypokalemia ... glucose uptake in peripheral ... levels following a low-dose ... #symptoms #endocrinology
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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glomeruli, and peripheral ... myalgia and muscle weakness ... - GI tract: abdominal ... purpura: strong sign ... • Complement (Low