35 results
Initial Clinical and Laboratory Data Base for Defining Major Syndromes in Nephrology

#Major #Syndromes #Nephrology #Diagnosis #Workup
Major Syndromes in Nephrology ... Major #Syndromes #Nephrology ... Diagnosis #Workup #Differential ... #Table
Hyponatremia Differential Diagnosis Table

 • Step 1: Correct for hyperglycemia. Corrected Na = [(glucose - 100)/
Hyponatremia Differential ... Diagnosis Table ... #Hyponatremia #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Table ... #nephrology #sodium
Unmeasured Anions Associated with an Elevated Anion Gap and Metabolic Acidosis

#Unmeasured #Anions #Gap #Metabolic #Acidosis #Diagnosis
Acidosis #Diagnosis #Nephrology ... #Table #Differential
Hyperkalemia: Diagnostic algorithm
Decreased renal potassium excretion
 • Acute renal failure
 • Chronic renal failure
 • Drugs
Increased
hypoaldosteronism • Congenital ... • Addison's/congenital ... Diagnosis #algorithm #nephrology ... #potassium #differential
Hyperaldosteronism - Etiologies of Mineralocorticoid Excess

Primary Hyperaldosteronism (Normal or Low Renin, High Aldosterone) 
 - Aldosterone-secreting
Aldosterone-secreting tumor - Congenital ... Hyperaldosteronism #Differential ... Aldosterone #Comparison #Table
Unilateral Fixed Dilated Pupil - Differential Diagnosis Framework
If Altered Mental Status - Consider Oculomotor (3rd cranial
Dilated Pupil - Differential ... Medication effects • Congenital ... Dilated #Pupil #differential ... #diagnosis #neurology
Causes of Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unprovoked - Epilepsy:
 • Focal: Simple, Complex
 • Generalized: Absence,
of Seizures - Differential ... venous thrombosis, Congenital ... Prophyria #Seizures #Differential ... Algorithm #Causes #neurology
What are common stroke mimics?
From Konrad CN, Crocco T, Biola J, Larrabee H. Is it stroke,
#Diagnosis #Differential ... Stroke #Mimics #Table ... #Misdiagnosed #Neurology
Etiologies of Hypernatremia - Differential Diagnosis
GI losses / Insensible losses
Sodium Overload
Transcellular Movement of Water
Central Diabetes Insipidus
Hypernatremia - Differential ... Various rare genetic/congenital ... Hypernatremia #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Table
Causes of Hypokalemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Defining the cause of hypokalemia starts by measuring urinary K
Hypokalemia - Differential ... Liddle's syndrome, Congenital ... #hypokalemia #differential ... algorithm #causes #nephrology