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Hypercalcemia Workup and Differential Diagnosis Framework
1) Determine whether PTH-dependent
2) Assess for other hormonal causes
3) Assess for
and Differential ... Diagnosis Framework 1) ... Diagnosis #algorithm ... #endocrinology ... #calcium
Hypocalcemia - Diagnosis and Management
PTH Independent (↑ PTH)
 • LOW VIT D
    -
Liver disease, Kidney ... Disease (CKD) ... Autoimmune: APS 1 ... #endocrinology ... #differential #algorithm
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Acute Kidney Injury ... - AKI Workup Algorithm ... ultrasonography, serum calcium ... #Algorithm #Differential ... #Diagnosis #nephrology
Causes of Hypokalemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Once pseudohypokalemia is ruled out, causes of hypokalemia can be
- Differential ... discrete buckets: 1. ... GI loss) - VARUN ... #Causes #workup ... #nephrology
Guide to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)

What to ask/look for: 
 - HPI, PMH, full ROS
Guide to Acute Kidney ... Atheroemboli — 1% ... AcuteKidneyInjury #AKI #Nephrology ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Causes #Differential
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
and Differential ... disturbance, or acute kidney ... Vasculitis • Endocrinologic ... parenchymal disease: CKD ... #causes #Differential
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management Summary

Causes of Rhabdomyolysis:
 • Trauma:
	- Immobilization
	- Crush injury
	- Compartment
Framework and Management ... Summary Causes ... nephrotoxicity to kidney ... potassium and calcium ... #nephrology
Acromegaly - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook 

Clinical Presentation: 
 • Classic Acromegaly: frontal
Mortality due to CVD ... Differential Diagnosis ... Diagnosis and Workup ... or refractory cases ... #Endocrinology
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

S/Sx: Most pts asymptomatic. Weakness, cramping, nausea, paresthesias, palpitations,
reabsorption) Workup ... VBG (acidosis), CK ... Treatments: • Calcium ... 5-10U reg IV + 1- ... Treatment #potassium #nephrology
Management of Pruritus in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease
Pruritus with no primary lesions - differential diagnosis:
Patients with Chronic Kidney ... primary lesions - differential ... General Measures 1. ... Pruritus #Treatment #Algorithm ... #Nephrology #CKD