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Distal Renal Tubular Acidosis
Distal RTA is the true Nephrogenic RTA and can be truly divided into
Acidosis Distal ... defects - Autoimmune ... diseases(Sjogren's Syndrome ... Renal #Tubular #Acidosis ... RTA #diagnosis #differential
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
OnePager Summary Autoimmune ... Cardiac (in EGPA) • Digital ... coagulopathy) • CBC w differential ... anti-GBM) Other tests ... #differential #
Gitelman Syndrome Overview

What?
• Inherited (AR) hypokalemic salt-losing tubulopathies affecting the thiazide-sensitive sodium chloride cotransporter
• Gitelman's syndrome
Gitelman Syndrome ... of cells on the distal ... ratio 0.5%) Differential ... diuretic use • Autoimmune ... Renal tubular acidosis
Causes of Hyperkalemia
l. Pseudohyperkalemia
  A Cellular efflux; thrombocytosis, erythrocytosis, leukocytosis, in vitro hemolysis
  B.
Acidosis B. ... Decreased distal ... Autoimmune: Addison's ... antiphospholipid syndrome ... #Hyperkalemia #Differential
Autoimmune Myositis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Myopathies: Commonly symmetric proximal muscle weakness, no substantial muscle pain
Autoimmune Myositis ... - Differential ... Diagnostic Tests ... • Proximal + distal ... #rheumatology #differential