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Hyponatremia - Diagnosis and Treatment
Hyponatremia is usually caused by the inability to excrete water normally.
Then, ask 3 questions ... Measure urine osmolality ... the underlying cause ... vaptans (HF/liver disease ... #Differential #
Hypernatremia - Differential Diagnosis and Treatment
Hypernatremia is almost always due to unreplaced water loss (free water
Differential Diagnosis ... The differential ... history, exam, and urine ... 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 ... improved headache and nausea ... L. 5) Monitor urine
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.
Guide to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)

What to ask/look for: 
 - HPI, PMH, full ROS
AKI) What to ask ... UOP/weights - Urine ... rhabdo/TLS) Causes ... - Pre-renal disease ... #Differential
Emergencies related to thyroid gland diseases are infrequently observed in the clinical practice. They are caused
thyroid gland diseases ... observed in the clinical ... in 1850 and the cause ... emergencies are caused ... imbalance (mainly, hyponatremia
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess Pathophysiology ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... Lung Abscess Differential ... Abscess #pulmonary #differential ... #causes #management
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
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis and Management Summary

Trauma:
 • Immobilization, Crush iniury, Compartment syndrome, Electrical injury
Exertional:
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Rhabdomyolysis - Differential ... Dermatomyositis) AKI - Pathophysiology ... hour with goal urine ... Management #Summary #causes ... #treatment
Types of Renal Calculi

Calcium oxalate
 - Interstitial apatite plaque, Low urine volume, Increased urinary calcium excretion,
apatite plaque, Low urine ... recessive genetic disease ... - Antiviral treatment ... Renal #stones #differential ... #diagnosis #causes