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Hyponatremia Differential Diagnosis Algorithm - Utilizing Uric Acid 
ADH promotes Urea/uric acid excretion along with water
Hyponatremia Differential ... Uric Acid - Low ... High Uric Acid → renal ... salt wasting By Rachel ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #nephrology
Approach to Hypomagnesemia 

Fractional excretion of magnesium = (urine magnesium x serum creatinine)/ [0.7 (serum magnesium
urine magnesium x serum ... Hypomagnesemia #algorithm #differential ... #diagnosis #causes ... #nephrology #magnesium ... #low
Hypocalcemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Low Serum Mg: GI losses, Renal losses, Alcoholism, Malnutrition, Drug-Induced
Hypocalcemia - Differential ... Serum Mg: GI losses ... , Renal losses, ... Serum 25-OH Vit ... Large volumes of blood
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Investigations: full blood ... ultrasonography, serum ... osmolarity If cause ... #Diagnosis #nephrology ... #causes
Hypokalemia Evaluation Algorithm

Before evaluating hypokalemia, life threatening complications such as arrhythmias and paralysis should be looked
suggests extra-renal ... causes • Laxative ... diagnosis #Algorithm #differential ... #potassium #nephrology ... #low
Physiologic Approach to Hypotonic Hyponatremia
The next time you have a case of hypotonic hyponatremia, give the
time you have a case ... algorithm Urine Na+K / serum ... can be high or low ... #Hyponatremia #differential ... table #sodium #nephrology
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
asthma in EGPA, tracheal ... Goodpasture's cause ... reveals increasing blood ... , low grade proteinuria ... #diagnosis #management
Renal Replacement Therapy (RRT) - ICU One Pager Summary
Indications (AIEOU):
 • A: Acidosis (usually severe metabolic)
Blood Flow ... chosen to match serum ... SLEDD (Sustained low ... #Therapy #RRT #managment ... #nephrology #CRRT
TTP - Laboratory Evaluation for Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura

Activity of von Willebrand factor-cleaving protease activity - A
If the value is low ... of Peripheral blood ... Mild-to-moderate elevation Serum ... WBC count and differential ... the presence of renal
Hyponatremia (<135 mEq/L) is a common electrolyte abnormality caused by an excess of total body water
osmolality helps to differentiate ... Rise in blood urea ... in renal failure ... stimulated in states of low ... sodium in the renal