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Deciphering the SAAG - Serum to Ascites Albumin Gradient
Ascites is either made in the liver sinusoid
- Serum to Ascites ... ≥ 1.1: • Aka not ... #Ascites #Fluid ... #Serum #Albumin ... Interpretation #Differential
Ascites - Differential Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm

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Perform paracentesis:
 • Cell count and diff 
 • Total
Ascites - Differential ... Total protein • Fluid ... albumin and serum ... • Calculate SAAG ... MatthewHoMD #Ascites #Differential
Algorithmic Approach to the Patient with Azotemia

#Azotemia #AKI #Nephrology #Diagnosis #Differential #Algorithm #Management
#Azotemia #AKI ... #Nephrology #Diagnosis ... #Differential # ... Algorithm #Management
Hyponatremia Differential Diagnosis Algorithm - Utilizing Uric Acid 
ADH promotes Urea/uric acid excretion along with water
Hyponatremia Differential ... water retention 1) Serum ... Urine Sodium 4) Serum ... salt wasting By Rachel ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #nephrology
Diuresis in Critical Care - Achieving a Negative Fluid Balance
Advantages Of A Negative Fluid Balance:
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Of A Negative Fluid ... people with sepsis, AKI ... Early nephrologv ... improved survival in AKI ... #Balance #management
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Kidney Injury - AKI ... Algorithm and Differential ... ultrasonography, serum ... myoglobin • Myeloma: serum ... #Diagnosis #nephrology
Peritonitis - Spontaneous vs Secondary vs Peritoneal Dialysis Associated Peritonitis
Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis
 • Cirrhosis (high SAAG)
Cirrhosis (high SAAG ... Criteria: Ascitic fluid ... 50, LDH ULN for serum ... Peritoneal #diagnosis #differential
Ascites - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Paracentesis studies: cell count + differential, albumin, protein, culture
 • Serum-ascites-albumin-gradient
Diagnosis and Management ... : cell count + differential ... protein, culture • Serum-ascites-albumin-gradient ... (SAAG): > 1.1 g ... effects ( severe AKI
Acute Kidney Injury - Differential Diagnosis Framework
PRERENAL:
 - Intrarenal vasoconstriction-hemodynamically mediated
 - Systemic vasodilation
 - Volume
Kidney Injury - Differential ... urinalysis, labs - Management ... : Fluid resuscitation ... Kidney #Injury #AKI ... #Differential #
Physiologic Approach to Hypotonic Hyponatremia
The next time you have a case of hypotonic hyponatremia, give the
algorithm Urine Na+K / serum ... deficiency, Post-AKI ... Renal Losses (AKI ... #Hyponatremia #differential ... table #sodium #nephrology