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Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

S/Sx: Most pts asymptomatic. Weakness, cramping, nausea, paresthesias, palpitations,
Handbook S/Sx: Most ... periodic paralysis, post-hypothermia ... only if no clear cause ... Elimination (see Table ... Treatment #potassium #nephrology
Causes of acute kidney injury (AKI). AKI is classified into pre-renal, renal, and post-renal causes. Renal
Causes of acute ... pre-renal, renal, and post-renal ... causes. ... Renal causes of ... #Sites #Nephrology
Simplified Approach to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
1) IS THIS AN EMERGENCY? 
Is there a dialysis indication
require urgent nephrology ... are caused by prerenal ... LR) • Obtain post-void ... CONSIDER INTRINSIC CAUSES ... workup #diagnosis #nephrology
Unmeasured Anions Associated with an Elevated Anion Gap and Metabolic Acidosis

#Unmeasured #Anions #Gap #Metabolic #Acidosis #Diagnosis
Acidosis #Diagnosis #Nephrology ... #Table #Differential ... #Causes
Causes of Facial Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Forehead Sparing = Central cause
  - Most commonly
Causes of Facial ... Sparing = Central cause ... - Most commonly ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes ... #neurology #sparing
Hematuria - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Gross Hematuria: Red/Dark urine
 • 1ml blood/liter urine can induce color change
glomerulopathies • Causes ... IgA deposits - Post-infectious ... • Fistula • Post-procedural ... urinary tract) Causes ... #urology #nephrology
Causes of Hypokalemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Defining the cause of hypokalemia starts by measuring urinary K
Causes of Hypokalemia ... Defining the cause ... Nasogastric drainage, Post-hypercapnia ... diagnosis #algorithm #causes ... #nephrology #potassium
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Acute increase
Causes of Acute ... deposition (IgA, post-strep ... sarcoid, Sjögren) Post-Renal ... #KidneyInjury #Nephrology ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Hypomagnesemia - Differential Diagnosis
Renal Causes of Hypomagnesemia - Familial:
Bartter syndrome and Gitelman syndrome, Isolated recessive hypomagnesemia,
Diagnosis Renal Causes ... hypomagnesemia Renal Causes ... Hypercalcemia, Post ... differential #diagnosis #causes ... #nephrology #magnesium
Causes of Proteinuria - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Persistent Proteinuria >150mg/d protein present on repeat testing including overnight
Causes of Proteinuria ... sediment - WBC/RBC casts ... • HSP • Post-infectious ... #Proteinuria #Nephrology ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes