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Hyponatremia - Diagnostic Evaluation Algorithm

Step 1: Consider whether Posm may actually be normal or elevated
Step 2:
Hyponatremia - Diagnostic ... Evaluation Algorithm ... Check Uosm and/or Urine ... #Diagnosis #Workup ... #Evaluation #Algorithm
Causes of Hyponatremia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Syndrome of Inappropriate ADH - Euvolemic; no physiologic stimulus to
Causes of Hyponatremia ... Neurologic trauma • Drugs ... • Reduced GFR, AKI ... Hypo-osmolar urine ... #Algorithm #Causes
Causes of Hyponatremia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Syndrome of Inappropriate ADH - Euvolemic; no physiologic stimulus to
Causes of Hyponatremia ... Neurologic trauma • Drugs ... • Reduced GFR, AKI ... Hypo-osmolar urine ... #Algorithm #Causes
Differential Diagnosis and Evaluation of Hyponatremia:
1) Identification of onset (acute vs. chronic)
2) Presence of symptoms (HA,
and Evaluation ... symptoms (HA, nausea ... renal disease), drug ... #Differential #Algorithm ... #Ddxof
Differential Diagnosis of Hypoglycemia
Evaluation of Hypoglycemia
Patients with known diabetes who are not systemically ill and can
of Hypoglycemia Evaluation ... : CXR, UA, urine ... #Differential #Algorithm ... #Drugs #Malignancy ... #Hypoglycemic #Ddxof
Simplified Approach to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
1) IS THIS AN EMERGENCY? 
Is there a dialysis indication
urgent nephrology evaluation ... obstruction, Nephrotoxic drugs ... IMPROVEMENT If the urine ... you confirmed diagnosis ... KidneyInjury #simplified #workup