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Algorithm for diagnostic evaluation of patients with kidney cysts and polycystic kidney disease

#polycystic #kidney #disease #cysts
Algorithm for diagnostic ... evaluation of patients ... #cysts #Algorithm ... #diagnosis #ADPKD ... #nephrology
Workup of Hypercalcemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
High or Normal PTH:
 • Hyperparathyroidism: Parathyroid adenoma, Parathyroid hyperplasia,
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm High ... Hypercalcemia Low ... PTHrP: - Low ... #nephrology #PTH
Acute Kidney Injury - Classification
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration
 • Heart failure (a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome)
 • Liver failure
causes: sepsis, meds ... prolonged prerenal AKI ... EricsMedicalLectures/ #AKI ... Classification #diagnosis ... #nephrology
Simplified Approach to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
1) IS THIS AN EMERGENCY? 
Is there a dialysis indication
require urgent nephrology ... evaluation? ... : Hypovolemia, Low ... you confirmed diagnosis ... #nephrology
Guide to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)

What to ask/look for: 
 - HPI, PMH, full ROS
Kidney Injury (AKI ... - Pre-renal disease ... — 21% - AKI ... #Nephrology #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #Causes
Causes of Hypokalemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Once pseudohypokalemia is ruled out, causes of hypokalemia can be
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Once ... filling of bucket (low ... GI loss) - VARUN ... #workup #nephrology
Hypokalemia Evaluation Algorithm

Before evaluating hypokalemia, life threatening complications such as arrhythmias and paralysis should be looked
Algorithm Before ... consumption • Low ... #Hypokalemia #diagnosis ... #potassium #nephrology ... #low
Common causes of Acute Kidney Injury AKI - Differential Diagnosis
HEMODYNAMIC
 • Cardiac failure: Impaired forward flow,
Kidney Injury AKI ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Impaired forward flow ... • Primary GNs: Disease ... #nephrology
Hyponatremia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hypovolemic - Give volume
Hypervolemic (Edematous) - Look for and treat underlying cause
Algorithm Hypovolemic ... Nausea, Pulmonary Diseases ... , CNS Disease, Meds ... #Algorithm #diagnosis ... #nephrology #sodium
Physiologic Approach to Hypotonic Hyponatremia
The next time you have a case of hypotonic hyponatremia, give the
normal volume-based algorithm ... can be high or low ... Primary polydipsia), Low ... #differential #diagnosis ... table #sodium #nephrology