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Renal Tubular Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Decreased Serum K, Urine pH < 5.5 - Proximal RTA
Decreased
Renal Tubular Acidosis ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Serum K, Urine ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #nephrology
Hyperkalemic Distal Renal Tubular Acidosis (RTA) Type 4 - 

Failure to acidify urine in collecting duct
(RTA) Type 4 - ... Failure to acidify urine ... mechanistically to K ... #Hyperkalemic #Diagnosis ... #Management #Nephrology
Renal Tubular Acidosis (RTA) Diagnosis and Management
 • Distal (type 1) RTA
 • Proximal (type 2)
(RTA) Diagnosis ... and Management ... #Acidosis #Diagnosis ... #Management #nephrology ... #table
Distal Renal Tubular Acidosis (RTA)  Type 1 

Totally scuppers the kidney's acidification mechanism. Will be
Renal Tubular Acidosis ... (RTA) Type 1 ... Totally scuppers the kidney's ... with direct urine ... #Management #Nephrology
Normal Anion-Gap Acidosis (NAGMA) - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Workup

NAGMA
- Chem, ABG or VBG
- Calculate Anion
Normal Anion-Gap Acidosis ... - Differential Diagnosis ... 5.5 • Serum K ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Workup #nephrology
Toluene Poisoning - Diagnosis and Management Summary
What is it?  Volatile hydrocarbon, Glue or paint-sniffing, Occupational
Toluene Poisoning - Diagnosis ... and Management ... paralysis • Distal-RTA ... nephrocalcinosis) • Urine ... can precipitate ↓K+
Hypokalemia Evaluation Algorithm

Before evaluating hypokalemia, life threatening complications such as arrhythmias and paralysis should be looked
differentiating kidney ... A urine K/Cr ratio ... - Metabolic acidosis ... : Proximal RTA, ... #Hypokalemia #diagnosis
Algorithm for patients with hypokalemia on the basis of the potassium-to-creatinine ratio in the urine
Urine K+
Urine K+ <13 mEq ... ↑ Aldosterone: Kidney ... • Distal RTA ... differential #algorithm #diagnosis ... #nephrology
Inherited Defects in Kidney Tubule Epithelial Cells

Renal glucosuria - Na+-dependent glucose cotransporter
Cystinuria - Amino acid transporter
Bartter
syndrome - Na-K- ... cotransporter, K ... renal tubular acidosis ... #Nephrology #Diagnosis ... #Differential #Table
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

S/Sx: Most pts asymptomatic. Weakness, cramping, nausea, paresthesias, palpitations,
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis ... Renin/Aldosterone, RTA ... lysis) ± Urine ... Elimination (see Table ... #potassium #nephrology