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Deciphering the SAAG - Serum to Ascites Albumin Gradient
Ascites is either made in the liver sinusoid
≥ 1.1: • Aka not ... oncotic pressure Low ... Matherly @liverprof #Diagnosis ... Interpretation #Differential ... #Analysis
Hyponatremia Differential Diagnosis Algorithm - Utilizing Uric Acid 
ADH promotes Urea/uric acid excretion along with water
Hyponatremia Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... salt wasting By Rachel ... #nephrology #sodium ... #low #uricacid
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Workup Algorithm ... Diagnosis Baseline ... ultrasonography, serum ... #Workup #Algorithm ... Diagnosis #nephrology
Simplified Approach to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
1) IS THIS AN EMERGENCY? 
Is there a dialysis indication
Is there a dialysis ... require urgent nephrology ... : Hypovolemia, Low ... KidneyInjury #simplified #workup ... #diagnosis #nephrology
Normal Anion-Gap Acidosis (NAGMA) - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Workup

NAGMA
- Chem, ABG or VBG
- Calculate Anion
Acidosis (NAGMA) - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... and Workup NAGMA ... #Diagnosis #Workup ... #nephrology
Physiologic Approach to Hypotonic Hyponatremia
The next time you have a case of hypotonic hyponatremia, give the
algorithm Urine Na+K / serum ... can be high or low ... #Hyponatremia #differential ... #diagnosis #table ... #sodium #nephrology
Hypophosphatemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Appropriately Low Kidney Phosphate Excretion:
 • Decreased GI Absorption: Chronic Diarrhea, Antacids,
Diagnosis Algorithm ... Appropriately Low ... Hyperparathyroidism, TKI ... #nephrology #phosphorus ... #workup
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
asthma in EGPA, tracheal ... EGPA) • Renal: (AKI ... mononeuritis multiplex WORKUP ... non-specific, ESR usually low ... hematuria, RBC casts, low
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

S/Sx: Most pts asymptomatic. Weakness, cramping, nausea, paresthesias, palpitations,
hyperK periodic paralysis ... , RTA Type IV, AI ... reabsorption) Workup ... acidosis) • Low ... Treatment #potassium #nephrology
There are similarities and differences between these 3 conditions which all carry treatment implications. Each mimic
3 conditions, serum ... Ketoacidosis (AK ... hormones that work ... both conditions, low ... #diagnosis #differential