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Hypomagnesemia - Differential Diagnosis
Renal Causes of Hypomagnesemia - Familial:
Bartter syndrome and Gitelman syndrome, Isolated recessive hypomagnesemia,
Familial: Bartter syndrome ... and Gitelman syndrome ... - Acquired: Medications ... transplant, Diuretic ... #nephrology #magnesium
Diuretics and Agents Regulating Renal Excretion

Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors (Acetazolamide, Dichlorphenamide)
 • Glaucoma
 • Epilepsy
 • Altitude
irrigation • Management ... Kidney stones caused ... #Diuresis #Nephrology ... #Pharmacology # ... Medications #Table
Pharmacological Treatment of Hepatorenal Syndrome (HRS)

Midodrine - Alpha agonist incr blood pressure incr renal perfusion pressure
Alpha agonist incr blood ... pressure incr renal ... #Nephrology #Management ... #Pharmacology # ... Medications #Treatment
Causes of Hypomagnesemia
Redistribution:
 - IV glucose
 - Correction of diabetic ketoacidosis
 - IV hyperalimentation
 - Refeeding
Causes of Hypomagnesemia ... (steatorrhea) Renal ... Tubulointerstitial renal ... #differential #medications ... #drugs #pharmacology
Secondary Causes of Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hypertension - BP > 140/90 (>130/80 for DM)
Hypertensive urgency
, Ambulatory blood ... multi-drug resistance) Renal ... • Nephritic syndrome ... Excess: • Conn's syndrome ... HTN #Secondary #Nephrology
Drugs associated with hypokalemia and hypomagnesemia

Hypokalemia
- Shift from extracellular fluid to intracellular fluid compartment
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foscarnet - Diuretics ... Fanconi syndrome ... hypomagnesemia #Medications ... differential #diagnosis #nephrology ... #Causes #hypomg
Urinary Casts and Disease Associations
Hyaline - May be nonspecific; seen in normal individuals or during severe
exercise or with diuretic ... disease Red blood ... tubulointerstitial nephritis, renal ... Fatty - Nephrotic syndrome ... edgarvlermamd - Nephrology
Hydroxychloroquine Serum Measurement in SLE
 • Terminal elimination half-life = 40 days ([HCQI reflects long-term intake)
200ng/mL Best indications ... Insufficient blood ... (e.g. renal failure ... #rheumatology #pharmacology ... levels #lupus #management
Hyperkalemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

PseudoHyperkalemia:
 • Lab error
 • Traumatic venipuncture
 • Hemolysis, thrombocytosis, leukocytosis
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• K sparing diuretics ... - Tumor lysis syndrome ... Medications 2. ... differential #diagnosis #causes ... potassium #high #nephrology
Hematuria in Post-Renal Transplant Patient
Prevalence up to 12% in the postrenal transplant patient
 • Bacterial: Escherichia
Prostate cancer • Medications ... (Goodpasture's syndrome ... diagnosis #kidney #blood ... #urine #management ... #treatment #nephrology