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Distal Renal Tubular Acidosis (RTA)  Type 1 

Totally scuppers the kidney's acidification mechanism. Will be
Acidosis (RTA) ... Type 1 Totally ... #Distal #Diagnosis ... #Management #Nephrology ... #Causes #Differential
Renal Tubular Acidosis (RTA) 
Type 1 - Failure of secretion
Type 2 - Bicarbonate wasting
Type 4 -
Renal Tubular Acidosis ... early juvenile distal ... Renal #Tubular #Acidosis ... #RTA #types #classification ... #nephrology #diagnosis
Hyperkalemic Distal Renal Tubular Acidosis (RTA) Type 4 - 

Failure to acidify urine in collecting duct
Hyperkalemic Distal ... (RTA) Type 4 - ... Failure to acidify urine ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Nephrology #RenalTubular
Hypokalemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Extra-renal Losses:
 • Normal Acid-Base: Low intake
 • Metabolic acidosis: Gl tract
- Differential Diagnosis ... • Metabolic acidosis ... : Proximal and distal ... #Algorithm #causes ... potassium #low #nephrology
Normal Anion-Gap Acidosis (NAGMA) - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Workup

NAGMA
- Chem, ABG or VBG
- Calculate Anion
Normal Anion-Gap Acidosis ... - Differential Diagnosis ... 1: Distal RTA: ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Workup #nephrology
Glomerular Diseases - Nephritic and Nephrotic Syndromes

Nephritic syndrome—due to GBM disruption. 
Hypertension. t BUN and creatinine.
and Nephrotic Syndromes ... RBC casts in urine ... #Classification ... #Proteinuria #Nephrology ... #Diagnosis
Causes of High-anion Gap and Non-anion Gap Metabolic Acidosis
Causes of High-anion Gap Acidosis:
 • Lactic acidosis
Proximal RTA (type ... Distal (classic) ... Generalized distal ... #differential #diagnosis ... #causes #nephrology
BEE Syndromes - Immune-mediated conditions affecting the brain, eye, and ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in conjunction
eye, and ear Visual ... or auditory symptoms ... conjunction with symptoms ... and treatment can ... Inflammatory causes
Types of Renal Calculi

Calcium oxalate
 - Interstitial apatite plaque, Low urine volume, Increased urinary calcium excretion,
Renal tubular acidosis ... Renal tubular acidosis ... - Antiviral treatment ... #differential #diagnosis ... #causes #calculus
Hypokalemia Evaluation Algorithm

Before evaluating hypokalemia, life threatening complications such as arrhythmias and paralysis should be looked
A urine K/Cr ratio ... - Metabolic acidosis ... Proximal RTA, Distal ... #Hypokalemia #diagnosis ... differential #potassium #nephrology