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Hypomagnesemia - Differential Diagnosis
Renal Causes of Hypomagnesemia - Familial:
Bartter syndrome and Gitelman syndrome, Isolated recessive hypomagnesemia,
Hypomagnesemia - Differential ... Hypomagnesemia with secondary ... Hypomagnesemia #differential ... diagnosis #causes #nephrology ... #magnesium #low
Hypokalemia Evaluation Algorithm

Before evaluating hypokalemia, life threatening complications such as arrhythmias and paralysis should be looked
potassium(K) & magnesium ... differentiating kidney ... diagnosis #Algorithm #differential ... #potassium #nephrology ... #low
Hematuria in Post-Renal Transplant Patient
Prevalence up to 12% in the postrenal transplant patient
 • Bacterial: Escherichia
Herpes Simple Virus ... Malignancies: Secondary ... #Transplant #differential ... #diagnosis #kidney ... management #treatment #nephrology
Types of Renal Calculi

Calcium oxalate
 - Interstitial apatite plaque, Low urine volume, Increased urinary calcium excretion,
amino acids in kidney ... Struvite - Magnesium ... , High dietary magnesium ... treatment for herpes virus ... #stones #differential
Common causes of Acute Kidney Injury AKI - Differential Diagnosis
HEMODYNAMIC
 • Cardiac failure: Impaired forward flow,
causes of Acute Kidney ... Injury AKI - Differential ... Impaired forward flow ... nephropathy • Secondary ... #Diagnosis #nephrology
Metabolic Causes of Kidney Stones in Children
 • Calcium Oxalate: Primary Hyperoxaluria type 1-3, Secondary Hyperoxaluria
Metabolic Causes ... of Kidney Stones ... Syndrome type 1-4, Lowe ... Stones #pediatrics #nephrology ... #differential #
Causes of Hypomagnesemia
 • Redistribution: IV glucose, Correction of diabetic ketoacidosis, IV hyperalimentation, Refeeding after starvation,
steatorrhea) • Renal ... states, Primary or secondary ... Hypomagnesemia #Causes #differential ... #diagnosis #nephrology ... #magnesium #low
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
Causes of Secondary ... Hypertension - Workup and Differential ... disturbance, or acute kidney ... hypokalemia and metabolic ... Vasculitis • Endocrinologic
Gitelman Syndrome Overview

What?
• Inherited (AR) hypokalemic salt-losing tubulopathies affecting the thiazide-sensitive sodium chloride cotransporter
• Gitelman's syndrome
alkalosis • Normal or low ... Hypochloremic metabolic ... ratio 0.5%) Differential ... • Potassium • Magnesium ... Syndrome #diagnosis #nephrology