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Polyuria - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Urine Output > 3L /day
Water Diuresis (Urine Osm <100 mOsm/kg)
 • Primary
Polyuria - Differential ... Polydipsia • Central Diabetes ... • Nephrogenic Diabetes ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #causes ... #nephrology
Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA) - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Symptoms:
• Abdominal pain
• Nausea
• Polyuria
• Polydipsia
• Vomiting
• Weight loss
•
Diabetic Ketoacidosis ... Abdominal pain • Nausea ... • Polyuria • ... Polydipsia • Vomiting ... #Diabetic #Ketoacidosis
Causes of Polyuria - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Polyuria - Urine Output > 3L/day, Increased Urine Volume (>2ml/min)
Osmotic
Causes of Polyuria ... (Uncontrolled Diabetes ... • Central Diabetes ... • Nephrogenic Diabetes ... #Nephrology #Differential
Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA) - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Symptoms:
• Abdominal pain
• Nausea
• Polyuria
• Polydipsia
• Vomiting
• Weight loss
•
Diabetic Ketoacidosis ... Abdominal pain • Nausea ... • Polyuria • ... Polydipsia • Vomiting ... #Diabetic #Ketoacidosis
DKA DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA:
1. Serum glucose >250 mg/dL
2. Arterial pH <7.3
3. Serum bicarbonate <18 mEq/L
4. At least
patients with type 2 diabetes ... have new-onset diabetes ... previously established diabetes ... are Euglycemic Diabetic ... , vomiting, abdominal
Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA) - Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
 • Note: in DKA, body K+ is lost
Diabetic Ketoacidosis ... out of cells may cause ... Due to neuronal metabolism ... Polyphagia • Polyuria ... endocrinology #diabetes
Typical Clinical Features of DKA:
 - 
Acetone breath 
 - Tachycardia 
 - Soft Bp
Clinical Features of DKA ... respirations - Nausea ... /vomifing - Abdominal ... pain - Polyuria ... #Diagnosis #Diabetic
Ketosis Disorders
Ketone bodies are a normal metabolic energy source. Excessive unregulated production of ketones, often accompanied
bodies are a normal metabolic ... consequence of fatty acid ... (FA) metabolism ... • Diabetic ketoacidosis ... (DKA) - caused
High Anion Gap Metabolic Acidosis (HAGMA) - Differential Diagnosis - GOLDMARK

Glycols - ethylene and propylene glycol
Oxoproline
High Anion Gap Metabolic ... salicylate toxicity causes ... underexcretion of acids ... Ketoacidosis - diabetic ... GOLDMARK #mnemonic #nephrology
Metabolic Alkalosis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm - Urinary Chloride
 • Cl- responsive metabolic alkalosis
Gastrointestinal (Vomiting ... pressure: Active diuretic ... acidosis: Diabetic ... poisoning • Normal acid-base ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #causes