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Guide to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)

What to ask/look for: 
 - HPI, PMH, full ROS
) What to ask ... /CKD - Recent ... pre-renal) - Urinary ... #Nephrology #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #Causes
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Workup Algorithm ... and Differential Diagnosis ... osmolarity If cause ... #Workup #Algorithm ... #nephrology #causes
Metabolic Alkalosis - Urinary Chloride Algorithm
Cl- responsive metabolic alkalosis
 • Kidney loss of Cl-
Chloride Algorithm ... alkalosis • Normal/low ... the indicated causes ... #Algorithm #nephrology ... #differential #diagnosis
Physiologic Approach to Hypotonic Hyponatremia
The next time you have a case of hypotonic hyponatremia, give the
time you have a case ... normal volume-based algorithm ... water intake (Primary ... #differential #diagnosis ... table #sodium #nephrology
Algorithm for Diagnosis and Management of Resistant Hypertension in CKD
Pseudoresistant Hypertension - Reduce barriers to adherence:
Algorithm for Diagnosis ... Modifications • Low ... Screen for primary ... Consider other causes ... #Algorithm #Diagnosis
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
us to treat the primary ... cause. ... patients with CAD ... #diagnosis #management ... clinica l#foamed #algorithm
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
us to treat the primary ... cause. ... patients with CAD ... #diagnosis #algorithm ... echocardiogram #management
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

S/Sx: Most pts asymptomatic. Weakness, cramping, nausea, paresthesias, palpitations,
, RTA Type IV, AI ... VBG (acidosis), CK ... only if no clear cause ... acidosis) • Low ... #potassium #nephrology
Causes of Myoclonus - Differential Diagnosis
LOCALIZATION:
 • Cortical: Focal/multifocal: Distal UL+ Face, Action/sensitive induced
 • Sub-Cortical:
Causes of Myoclonus ... Inflammatory (MS ... acid-base, opioids, psychiatric ... , dehydration, primary ... #Causes #neurology