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Hypokalemia Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Low intake 
• poor oral intake 

Renal loss 
• Medication 
• Hypomagnesemia 
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Hypokalemia Differential ... Medication • Hypomagnesemia ... • Bartter's syndrome ... #Differential # ... Algorithm #Causes #Classification
Hypomagnesemia - Differential Diagnosis
Renal Causes of Hypomagnesemia - Familial:
Bartter syndrome and Gitelman syndrome, Isolated recessive hypomagnesemia,
Differential Diagnosis ... and Gitelman syndrome ... with secondary, hypocalcemia ... #differential # ... diagnosis #causes #nephrology
Hypomagnesemia - Etiologies by Mechanism

Decreased GI Uptake 
 - Poor dietary intake (particularly common in alcoholics)
Hypomagnesemia - ... Hypercalcemia - Hypokalemia ... - Hungry bones syndrome ... #Differential # ... Magnesium #Table #Classification
Causes of Hypokalemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Defining the cause of hypokalemia starts by measuring urinary K
Causes of Hypokalemia ... - Differential ... Renal K loss • Hypomagnesemia-induced ... #differential # ... algorithm #causes #nephrology
Reflex Testing - Causes of Hyporeflexia and Hyperreflexia
Focal Hyporeflexia: 
 • Radiculopathy, Mononeuropathy, Polyneuropathy, Acute stroke,
Guillain-Barré syndrome ... Hyperreflexia: • Hypocalcemia ... , Hypomagnesemia ... Testing #Causes #differential ... diagnosis #table #neurology
Drugs associated with hypokalemia and hypomagnesemia

Hypokalemia
- Shift from extracellular fluid to intracellular fluid compartment
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and hypomagnesemia ... Hypokalemia ... renal Fanconi syndrome ... #Medications #differential ... #diagnosis #nephrology
Causes of Hypokalemia
Transcellular Shifts:
 - Alkalosis, Increased plasma insulin (treatment of diabetic ketoacidosis), ß-Adrenergic agonists, Hypokalemic
plasma insulin (treatment ... Alcoholism (worsened by hypomagnesemia ... Fever Other: - Hypomagnesemia ... #Causes #differential ... #diagnosis #nephrology
Causes of Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unprovoked - Epilepsy:
 • Focal: Simple, Complex
 • Generalized: Absence,
of Seizures - Differential ... vasoconstriction syndrome ... Hyponatremia, Hypomagnesemia ... , Hypocalcemia, ... Algorithm #Causes #neurology
Gitelman Syndrome Overview

What?
• Inherited (AR) hypokalemic salt-losing tubulopathies affecting the thiazide-sensitive sodium chloride cotransporter
• Gitelman's syndrome
, mild hypomagnesemia ... potassium wasting) • Hypomagnesemia ... ratio 0.5%) Differential ... Rhabdomyolysis Treatment ... #diagnosis #nephrology
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) in Patients with Cancer 

Cancer Related 
• Hypercalcemia 
• Intravenous contrast 
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malignancies Treatment ... Capillary leak syndrome ... Cancer #Oncology #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Classification ... #Nephrology