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Ascites - Differential Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm

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Perform paracentesis:
 • Cell count and diff 
 • Total
Ascites - Differential ... Diagnosis and Workup ... • Calculate SAAG ... and check ascites ... #Differential #
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Disorders - Blood Gas ... Steps for Blood Gas ... Differentials? ... Diagnosis #Summary #Nephrology ... #VBG #differential
Approach to Acid Base Disorders - Evaluation and Differential Diagnosis
1) Start with the Anion Gap (AG).
2)
Evaluation and Differential ... Now, look at the gas ... Differential Diagnosis ... Disorders #Evaluation #workup ... #Differential #
Normal Anion-Gap Acidosis (NAGMA) - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Workup

NAGMA
- Chem, ABG or VBG
- Calculate Anion
) - Differential ... Framework and Workup ... - UAG and Urine ... #Diagnosis #Workup ... #nephrology
Suggested diagnostic approach to a patient with exudative ascites. Low ascitic fluid protein should direct practitioners
nephrotic syndrome as ... , the differential ... This differential ... #diagnosis #workup ... #algorithm #differential
Unmeasured Anions Associated with an Elevated Anion Gap and Metabolic Acidosis

#Unmeasured #Anions #Gap #Metabolic #Acidosis #Diagnosis
Elevated Anion Gap ... and Metabolic Acidosis ... #Metabolic #Acidosis ... #Diagnosis #Nephrology ... #Table #Differential
Causes of Metabolic Acidosis - Gap and Non-Gap - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Elevated Anion Gap
Causes of Metabolic Acidosis ... - Gap and Non-Gap ... - Differential ... AnionGap #NonGap #Nephrology ... #Differential #
Workup for Hyperphosphatemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Rule out spurious hyperphosphatemia: paraproteinemia, hyperlipidemia, hemolysis, hyperbilirubinemia, liposomal amphotericin
Workup for Hyperphosphatemia ... - Differential ... Shift: • Lactic acidosis ... Diagnosis #Framework #Workup ... #phosphate #nephrology
Hypokalemia Differential Algorithm
Acidosis
 - RTA
 - Diarrhea
pH Normal 
 1. Decreased Mg 
 2. Intracellular Shift
Hypokalemia Differential ... Algorithm Acidosis ... #Hypokalemia #Differential ... Diagnosis #Causes #Workup ... #Nephrology
High Anion Gap Metabolic Acidosis (HAGMA) - Differential Diagnosis - GOLDMARK

Glycols - ethylene and propylene glycol
Oxoproline
Acidosis (HAGMA ... ) - Differential ... #Metabolic #Acidosis ... #HAGMA #Differential ... GOLDMARK #mnemonic #nephrology