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Hypernatremia Differential Diagnosis Algorithm - Diabetes Insipidus Workup

Step #1 - Consider the history
Step #2 - Assess
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... - Diabetes Insipidus ... & desmopressin test ... #Sodium #nephrology ... #insipidus #DI
Hypophosphatemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Decreased intake/absorption: Starvation, Alcoholism, Malabsorption, Phosphate binder use
 • Redistribution/
Hypophosphatemia ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Redistribution/ Shift ... ), Hungry bone syndrome ... #causes #nephrology
Hypophosphatemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Appropriately Low Kidney Phosphate Excretion:
 • Decreased GI Absorption: Chronic Diarrhea, Antacids,
Hypophosphatemia ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Transcellular Shift ... , CAR-T cell #Hypophosphatemia ... #nephrology #phosphorus
Diabetes Insipidus - Diagnosis Algorithm
Tests:
 • Osmolality, Urine AND/OR
 • Osmolality, Serum or Plasma AND
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Diabetes Insipidus ... - Diagnosis Algorithm ... Tests: • Osmolality ... Plasma AND • Sodium ... #nephrology #differential
Hypernatremia - Differential Diagnosis Workup Algorithm

1) Check Urine Osmolality:
 > 600 mOsm/kg - Implies extrarenal mechanism
Diagnosis Workup Algorithm ... Euvolemic: Diabetes insipidus ... Hypervolemic: Conn syndrome ... , Cushing syndrome ... #nephrology #sodium
Acromegaly - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook 

Clinical Presentation: 
 • Classic Acromegaly: frontal
arthropathy • Insidious ... ~5th decade → peripheral ... Insulin resist + DM, Hyperphosphatemia ... Beckwith Wiedemann syndrome ... glucose suppression test