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Proximal Renal Tubular Acidosis (RTA) Ttype 2 Overview

HCO3 reabsorptive failure
Lowering of threshold for HCO3 absorption in
Proximal Renal Tubular ... Acidosis (RTA) ... HCO3 reabsorptive failure ... #RenalTubular #Acidosis ... Proximal #Diagnosis #Management
Approach to Acid Base Disorders - Evaluation and Differential Diagnosis
1) Start with the Anion Gap (AG).
2)
Ketoacidosis, Renal ... Failure, Toxic ... loss of bicarb, Renal ... GI loss of H+, Renal ... Disorders #Evaluation #workup
Hyperkalemic Distal Renal Tubular Acidosis (RTA) Type 4 - 

Failure to acidify urine in collecting duct
Hyperkalemic Distal Renal ... Tubular Acidosis ... ) Type 4 - Failure ... Hyperkalemic #Diagnosis #Management ... #RenalTubular #Acidosis
Distal Renal Tubular Acidosis (RTA)  Type 1 

Totally scuppers the kidney's acidification mechanism. Will be
Distal Renal Tubular ... Acidosis (RTA) ... What is it Failure ... Distal #Diagnosis #Management ... #RenalTubular #Acidosis
Colchicine Toxicity 
Naturally-occurring plant alkaloid [Autumn Crocus and Glory Lilly]
2-24 hrs 
 • Severe GI distress
Rhabdomyolysis • Renal ... failure • Metabolic ... acidosis • ARDS ... Toxicology #Symptoms #Signs
Hyperuricemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Primary - Over-production
     • Increased turnover of nucleotides
Primary
• Diabetic acidosis ... - Renal ... • Chronic renal ... failure • ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #endocrinology
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

S/Sx: Most pts asymptomatic. Weakness, cramping, nausea, paresthesias, palpitations,
Excretion: - Renal ... Failure, esp w ... reabsorption) Workup ... 15 suggests ↓ renal ... Definitive in ESRD or failure
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
Hypertension - Workup ... hypertension and signs ... papilledema, heart failure ... bruit or signs ... Vasculitis • Endocrinologic
Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Type A: Impaired O2 Delivery (DO2)
 • Decreased O2 Delivery: Hypotension
Lactic Acidosis ... Beta-Agonists, ↑ work ... Systemic liver Failure ... , Renal failure, ... Presents as AG acidosis
 Acute Iron Poisoning

There are five classically described phases of toxicity:
Gastrointestinal phase (~6 hours post-ingestion)
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and metabolic acidosis ... gap metabolic acidosis ... coagulopathy, renal ... failure) Hepatotoxicity ... Toxicology #Diagnosis #Management