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Hyponatremia - Diagnosis and Treatment
Hyponatremia is usually caused by the inability to excrete water normally.
and Treatment ... Then, ask 3 questions ... Measure urine osmolality ... vaptans (HF/liver disease ... #Differential #
Hypernatremia - Differential Diagnosis and Treatment
Hypernatremia is almost always due to unreplaced water loss (free water
Differential Diagnosis ... and Treatment ... urine osm (in DI ... ; high dilute urine ... Dehydration: neurologic disease
Hypertonic Saline for Treatment of Hyponatremic Encephalopathy
1) 100 ml bolus of 3% NaCl over 10 min.
Hypertonic Saline for Treatment ... of Hyponatremic ... May repeat until clinical ... nausea b. ... L. 5) Monitor urine
Causes of Bone/Joint Pain in Sickle Cell Disease
Vaso-occlusive pain:
 • Mechanism: ischemic pain
 • Can present
Causes of Bone/Joint ... in Sickle Cell Disease ... predispose to other orthopedic ... XR, MRI to dx and ... #hematology
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management Summary

Causes of Rhabdomyolysis:
 • Trauma:
	- Immobilization
	- Crush injury
	- Compartment
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential ... Management Summary Causes ... Dermatomyositis Clinical ... Hyperuricemia • Hyponatremia ... disease 2.
Chronic Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Intra-Articular
 - Bone
     • Stress
Osgood-Schlatter Disease ... Pain, Iliotiibial Band ... Intraarticular #MSK ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Orthopedics ... #Causes
Guide to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)

What to ask/look for: 
 - HPI, PMH, full ROS
AKI) What to ask ... UOP/weights - Urine ... - Pre-renal disease ... 13% (mostly ATN and ... #Differential
Emergencies related to thyroid gland diseases are infrequently observed in the clinical practice. They are caused
thyroid gland diseases ... observed in the clinical ... the cause and suitable ... emergencies are caused ... imbalance (mainly, hyponatremia
Syncope is a sudden, transient loss of consciousness, which is thought to be secondary to cerebral
structural heart disease ... syncope (ruling out differential ... should be guided by clinical ... the underlying disease ... The treatment strategy
Subtrochanteric Femur Fracture: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Subtrochanteric region spans 5 cm distally from the
clinical findings ... fractures in elderly Causes ... Femur #Fractures #msk ... #orthopedics #diagnosis ... #differential #