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Hypernatremia Differential Diagnosis Algorithm - Diabetes Insipidus Workup

Step #1 - Consider the history
Step #2 - Assess
Hypernatremia Differential ... Diabetes Insipidus Workup ... Hypernatremia #Management ... #Algorithm #Sodium ... #nephrology #insipidus
Workup for Hypophosphatemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Rule out spurious hypophosphatemia: paraproteinemia, acute leukemia
Measure Urine Fractional Excretion
Workup for Hypophosphatemia ... - Differential ... Glucose, Acute resp. alkalosis ... Diagnosis #Framework #Workup ... #phosphate #nephrology
Hypernatremia - Differential Diagnosis Workup Algorithm

1) Check Urine Osmolality:
 > 600 mOsm/kg - Implies extrarenal mechanism
Hypernatremia - Differential ... Diagnosis Workup ... , Cushing syndrome ... #Algorithm #nephrology ... #sodium
Hypophosphatemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Appropriately Low Kidney Phosphate Excretion:
 • Decreased GI Absorption: Chronic Diarrhea, Antacids,
Hypophosphatemia - Differential ... Acute Respiratory Alkalosis ... Hypophosphatemia #Differential ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #nephrology ... #phosphorus #workup
Metabolic Alkalosis - Urinary Chloride Algorithm
Cl- responsive metabolic alkalosis
 • Kidney loss of Cl-
diuretic use, Bartter syndrome ... , Gitelman syndrome ... the excretion of sodium ... urine #Algorithm #nephrology ... #differential #
Peri-operative Hyperthermia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
If prolonged or ≥ 39 C this is a
Phaeochromocytoma Neurologic ... #Hyperthermia #Differential ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Workup
Gitelman Syndrome Overview

What?
• Inherited (AR) hypokalemic salt-losing tubulopathies affecting the thiazide-sensitive sodium chloride cotransporter
• Gitelman's syndrome
thiazide-sensitive sodium ... thiazide-sensitive sodium ... ratio 0.5%) Differential ... #diagnosis #nephrology ... #management #pathophysiology
Hyponatremia - Diagnosis and Treatment
Hyponatremia is usually caused by the inability to excrete water normally.
3 questions to work ... approach to the differential ... demyelination syndrome ... Diagnosis #Treatment #management ... #nephrology #sodium
Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS) - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Epidemiology:
 • Prevalence: 1-2 cases per million -
Diagnosis and Management ... antibody that works ... others (botox, sodium ... SPS #Diagnosis #Management ... #treatment #neurology
Primary Polydipsia
Definition: Excessive volitional water intake
Epidemiology:
 • 6-20% of patients with psychiatric disorders - Most commonly
diabetes insipidus Differential ... intoxication Initial Workup ... , Urine Sodium ... Polydipsia #diagnosis #management ... #nephrology