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Hyponatremia Differential Diagnosis Algorithm - Utilizing Uric Acid 
ADH promotes Urea/uric acid excretion along with water
Utilizing Uric Acid ... promotes Urea/uric acid ... 4) Serum Uric Acid ... - Low Uric Acid ... - High Uric Acid
True Hyponatremia Differential Algorithm

Instead (or in addition) of volume status examination, check urine sodium and serum
and serum uric acid ... - Urine sodium low ... , uric acid high ... high and uric acid ... low in euvolemic
Hyperuricemia: Pathogenesis and Complications

 - Hypercalcemia (due to diseases like Sarcoidosis and Hyperparathyroidism) -> Accumulation of
to filter uric acid ... Tubular Poisons (Low ... like lactic acid ... secretion of uric acid ... abnormally high uric acid
Hypokalemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Extra-renal Losses:
 • Normal Acid-Base: Low intake
 • Metabolic acidosis: Gl tract
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Losses: • Normal Acid-Base ... : Low intake • ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #causes #potassium
Volume Based Approach to Hyponatremia
Hypovolemic, Serum uric acid >4
 • Urine Na <20: Extra-renal losses
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Hypovolemic, Serum uric acid ... Euvolemic, Serum uric acid ... Hypothyroidism, Low ... Hypervolemic, Serum uric acid ... #Hyponatremia #algorithm
Hypokalemia Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hypertensive:
 • High Al, Low R - Primary aldosteronism
 • High Al, High
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... , glycyrrhizic acid ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #nephrology #causes ... #low #potassium
Acid-Base (Made Easy) - Algorithm for determining the primary acid / base disorder
#Diagnosis #Metabolic #Respiratory #Acidosis
Acid-Base (Made ... Easy) - Algorithm ... determining the primary acid ... Acidosis #Alkalosis #Algorithm
Causes of Hyperuricemia
Increased production
 • Solid-organ transplant
 • Tumor lysis syndrome
 • Rhabdomyolysis
 • Lesch Nyhan
Causes of Hyperuricemia ... - nicotinic acid ... + uric acid • ... with the uric acid ... Hyperuricemia #Causes
Causes of Nephrolithiasis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Radio-opaque - Calcium-containing - 90% of stones
Radiolucent - Non-calcium 10%
Causes of Nephrolithiasis ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... of stones Uric Acid ... solubility: • Low ... #Causes
UROLITHIASIS 

80% of stones are composed of calcium oxalate or phosphate. Others include uric acid (9%),
Others include uric acid ... Uric acid stone ... urinary uric acid ... idiopathic uric acid ... the risk of uric acid