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Hypernatremia Differential Diagnosis Algorithm - Diabetes Insipidus Workup

Step #1 - Consider the history
Step #2 - Assess
Diabetes Insipidus Workup ... Step #1 - Consider ... history Step #2 - Assess ... Uglucose Step #3 ... #Algorithm #Sodium
Diarrhea Workup and Management Algorithm in Transplant Patients
First Tier Microbiologic-Testing:
1. C. difficile PCR (Stool)
2. CMV qPCR
Diarrhea Workup ... and Management Algorithm ... in Transplant Patients ... #Diarrhea #Workup ... #Transplant #diagnosis
Hypernatremia - Diagnostic Evaluation Algorithm
Step 1: Consider history. Most patients presenting with hypernatremia are either very
Algorithm Step 1: ... Check Uosm Step 3: ... If patient has DI ... #Workup #Evaluation ... #Algorithm #Sodium
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
Acute Diarrhea (>3 ... Epidemiology: • #1 ... A/P: Assess complications ... 10 mg/kg IV x 1 ... Fecal Microbiota Transplant
Hypernatremia Diagnosis and Workup

Step 1 . Repeat the sodium concentration.
Step 2.  Check plasma osmolality.
NORMAL PLASMA
1 . ... Repeat the sodium ... administration Step 3. ... Assess volume status ... • nephrotic syndrome
Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS) - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Epidemiology:
 • Prevalence: 1-2 cases per million -
and Management ... • Prevalence: 1- ... -50, Females 2-3 ... antibody that works ... others (botox, sodium
Hyponatremia - Diagnosis and Treatment
Hyponatremia is usually caused by the inability to excrete water normally.
to work through ... 1) Is it hypotonic ... Assess volume status ... demyelination syndrome ... #nephrology #sodium
Acute Pancreatitis - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Presentation: 
 • Epigastric abdominal pain (90%, characteristically
(2 of 3): 1) Characteristic ... Lipase > 3x ULN 3) ... Imaging findings Workup ... , gallstones), CT ... early; late to assess
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
diffusion-perfusion defect (Type 1) ... echocardiography - Assess ... in left heart 3- ... take months after transplant ... #diagnosis #management
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

Epidemiology:
• F > M: 9:1
• 5-6th Decades (can be any age)

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
Epidemiology: • F > M: 9:1 ... Diagnosis: • Dry ... Antinuclear antibodies ≥ 1: ... biliary cirrhosis: 3% ... #Management