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Horner's Syndrome: Loss of sympathetic nervous system input to (in this case) right eye. 
Note that
Horner's Syndrome ... left (known as ptosis ... Catalog of Clinical ... Images #Clinical ... #Ptosis #UCSDH
Hypokalemia Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Low intake 
• poor oral intake 

Renal loss 
• Medication 
• Hypomagnesemia 
•
Hypokalemia Differential ... anions • Renal tubular ... acidosis • Gitelman's ... syndrome • Bartter's ... syndrome Extrarenal
Ptosis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Ptosis (Greek- to fall) Drooping of the upper eyelid that usually results
Ptosis - Differential ... think about three clinical ... Horner’s syndrome ... palsy • Horner syndrome ... #Differential #
Hypomagnesemia - Etiologies by Mechanism

Decreased GI Uptake 
 - Poor dietary intake (particularly common in alcoholics)
Transient renal tubular ... - Gitelman ... syndrome - ... - Hungry bones syndrome ... Hypomagnesemia #Differential
Causes of Hypokalemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Defining the cause of hypokalemia starts by measuring urinary K
Hypokalemia - Differential ... hypokalemia • Renal tubular ... , Gitelman's syndrome ... acid, Liddle's syndrome ... #hypokalemia #differential
Inherited Defects in Kidney Tubule Epithelial Cells

Renal glucosuria - Na+-dependent glucose cotransporter
Cystinuria - Amino acid transporter
Bartter
transporter Bartter syndrome ... ascending limb Gitelman ... tubule Liddle syndrome ... Distal renal tubular ... Nephrology #Diagnosis #Differential
Metabolic Alkalosis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm - Urinary Chloride
 • Cl- responsive metabolic alkalosis
Metabolic Alkalosis - Differential ... diuretic use, Bartter syndrome ... , Gitelman syndrome ... diarrhea, Kidney tubular ... Metabolic #Alkalosis #Differential
Causes of Metabolic Alkalosis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
GI Losses - Gastric
 • Vomiting
 • NG suction
GI
Metabolic Alkalosis - Differential ... Losses - Impaired tubular ... Hypomagnesemia • Barrter's/Gitelman's ... Licorice • Liddle's Syndrome ... NonGap #Nephrology #Differential
Gitelman Syndrome Overview

What?
• Inherited (AR) hypokalemic salt-losing tubulopathies affecting the thiazide-sensitive sodium chloride cotransporter
• Gitelman's syndrome
Gitelman Syndrome ... cotransporter • Gitelman's ... tubule (DCT) Clinical ... ratio 0.5%) Differential ... , Renal tubular
Horner's Syndrome: Loss of sympathetic nervous system input to (in this case) right eye. 
Note that
Horner's Syndrome ... left (known as ptosis ... Catalog of Clinical ... Images #Clinical ... #Ptosis #UCSDH