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Hyponatremia - Diagnosis and Treatment
Hyponatremia is usually caused by the inability to excrete water normally.
2) Is ADH elevated ... the underlying cause ... up to 3x in the setting ... #management #nephrology ... #sodium
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management Summary

Causes of Rhabdomyolysis:
 • Trauma:
	- Immobilization
	- Crush injury
	- Compartment
Management Summary Causes ... Dermatomyositis Clinical ... Hyperuricemia • Hyponatremia ... Diagnosis #Management #causes ... #treatment #nephrology
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Vascular Causes ... extrahepatic source - Tests ... liver disease: > 2 ... differential #diagnosis #algorithm
SIADH Treatment Options
1. Treat underlying cause of SIADH: Pain, Primary lung pathology, Post-operative phenomenon, Medications, Basically
SIADH Treatment ... Treat underlying cause ... promoting passive sodium ... SIADH #Management #hyponatremia ... #nephrology #treatment
Urinalysis & Urine Sodium 
Theophilus Protospatharius, a seventh-century physician who wrote the first manuscript focused exclusively
Urinis", determined heating ... documenting proteinuria as ... Clarity Dipstick test ... Acute Kidney Injury ... (ATN) FE Na > 2%
Diagnostic algorithm for differentiating vestibular neuritis from stroke in patients with AVS. This sequence of testing
and there are 2 ... components: targeted neurologic ... disposition, even if the cause ... , Head Impulse Test ... #Posterior #CVA
Algorithm regarding the diagnosis and treatment of Hereditary Hemochromatosis HH. 

Step 1: In the patient with
diagnosis and treatment ... initial screening test ... Step 2: If TS is ... elevated, HFE gene testing ... liver biopsy can also
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
Ptosis, diplopia 2. ... Generalized fatigue - ALS ... /Edrophonium test ... - Peek sign 2. ... diagnosis #management #neurology
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
event, follow ACC algorithm ... determine if stress test ... Change in clinical ... surgery Stress Testing ... preoperative stress testing
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
may precede the neurologic ... edema visualized as ... thrombosis Testing ... the underlying cause ... • Treatment of