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Laboratory Evaluation of Hypocalcemia #Diagnosis #EM #IM #Evaluation #Workup #Hypocalcemia #PTH #Differential #Algorithm #Ddxof
of Hypocalcemia ... Diagnosis #EM #IM ... #Evaluation #Workup ... #Differential #Algorithm ... #Ddxof
Renal Tubular Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Decreased Serum K, Urine pH < 5.5 - Proximal RTA
Decreased
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... pH > 6.0 - Hypokalemic ... nephropathy - Drugs ... Jain via UNC IM ... #nephrology
Differential Diagnosis of Hypoglycemia
Evaluation of Hypoglycemia
Patients with known diabetes who are not systemically ill and can
of Hypoglycemia Evaluation ... : CXR, UA, urine ... Diagnosis #EM #IM ... #Drugs #Malignancy ... #Hypoglycemic #Ddxof
Hematuria Workup and Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Confirm hematuria → Urinalysis >3 RBCs/HPF, exclude mimics, repeat testing
Hematuria Workup ... and Diagnosis Algorithm ... for renal biopsy ... identified by UW IM ... #Workup #urology
Hypokalemia Evaluation Algorithm

Before evaluating hypokalemia, life threatening complications such as arrhythmias and paralysis should be looked
Hypokalemia Evaluation ... Algorithm Before ... evaluating hypokalemia ... suggests extra-renal ... differential #potassium #nephrology
Differential Diagnosis and Evaluation of Hyponatremia:
1) Identification of onset (acute vs. chronic)
2) Presence of symptoms (HA,
Diagnosis and Evaluation ... cardiac, liver, renal ... disease), drug ... Diagnosis #EM #IM ... #Ddxof
Causes of Hyponatremia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Syndrome of Inappropriate ADH - Euvolemic; no physiologic stimulus to
Neurologic trauma • Drugs ... Malignancy True hypovolemia ... GI losses • Renal ... Hypo-osmolar urine ... #Hyponatremia #Nephrology
Causes of Hyponatremia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Syndrome of Inappropriate ADH - Euvolemic; no physiologic stimulus to
Neurologic trauma • Drugs ... Malignancy True hypovolemia ... GI losses • Renal ... Hypo-osmolar urine ... #Hyponatremia #Nephrology
Simplified Approach to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
1) IS THIS AN EMERGENCY? 
Is there a dialysis indication
evaluation? ... common culprits: Hypovolemia ... obstruction, Nephrotoxic drugs ... IMPROVEMENT If the urine ... KidneyInjury #simplified #workup