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Initial Clinical and Laboratory Data Base for Defining Major Syndromes in Nephrology

#Major #Syndromes #Nephrology #Diagnosis #Workup
in Nephrology ... #Major #Syndromes ... #Nephrology #Diagnosis ... #Workup #Differential ... #Table
Workup for Hyperphosphatemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Rule out spurious hyperphosphatemia: paraproteinemia, hyperlipidemia, hemolysis, hyperbilirubinemia, liposomal amphotericin
Workup for Hyperphosphatemia ... - Differential ... • Endogenous: Rhabdomyolysis ... , Tumor lysis syndrome ... #phosphate #nephrology
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management Summary

Causes of Rhabdomyolysis:
 • Trauma:
	- Immobilization
	- Crush injury
	- Compartment
Rhabdomyolysis - ... Differential Diagnosis ... per day until stable ... #Differential # ... causes #treatment #nephrology
Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Approach To Weakness:
 • Non-neuromuscular disorder (Cardiac, pulmonary etc)
 • CNS ->
Weakness - Differential ... Lyme myositis • Rhabdomyolysis ... dystrophies Work ... #Weakness #Differential ... #Diagnosis #neurology
Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS) - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Epidemiology:
 • Prevalence: 1-2 cases per million -
Pathophysiology ... tendency to fall • Triggers ... superimposed spasms triggered ... antibody that works ... Management #treatment #neurology
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Rhabdomyolysis = Destruction of skeletal muscle with leakage of contents into circulation.
Rhabdomyolysis - ... Differential Diagnosis ... Neuroleptic malignant syndrome ... Diagnosis #Causes #nephrology ... #table
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
may precede the neurologic ... Etiology: • Pathophysiology ... Reversible course Differential ... Seizures: Treat with AEDs ... diagnosis #management #neurology
Gitelman Syndrome Overview

What?
• Inherited (AR) hypokalemic salt-losing tubulopathies affecting the thiazide-sensitive sodium chloride cotransporter
• Gitelman's syndrome
Gitelman Syndrome ... ratio 0.5%) Differential ... • Seizures • Rhabdomyolysis ... #diagnosis #nephrology ... #management #pathophysiology
Hyperthermic Toxidromes
Five toxidromes may present with overlapping features: hyperthermia, rhabdomyolysis, altered mental status/seizures.
 • Sympathomimetic -
hyperthermia, rhabdomyolysis ... • Serotonin Syndrome ... ryanodine receptor) & triggered ... Toxidromes #comparison #table ... #diagnosis #differential