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Hyperkalemia: Diagnostic algorithm
Decreased renal potassium excretion
 • Acute renal failure
 • Chronic renal failure
 • Drugs
Increased
Hyperkalemia: Diagnostic ... Potassium-rich diet • Blood ... #Hyperkalemia #Diagnosis ... #algorithm #nephrology ... #potassium #differential
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Algorithm and Differential ... Diagnosis Baseline ... Investigations: full blood ... screen, including blood ... #Diagnosis #nephrology
Renal Tubular Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Decreased Serum K, Urine pH < 5.5 - Proximal RTA
Decreased
- Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... nephritis, Sickle cell nephropathy ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #nephrology
Hematuria - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Gross Hematuria: Red/Dark urine
 • 1ml blood/liter urine can induce color change
Hematuria - Differential ... • 1ml blood/liter ... #urology #nephrology ... #renal #urine # ... blood
Hematuria in Post-Renal Transplant Patient
Prevalence up to 12% in the postrenal transplant patient
 • Bacterial: Escherichia
syndrome, SLE, IgA nephropathy ... #Transplant #differential ... #diagnosis #kidney ... #blood #urine # ... management #treatment #nephrology
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
nodules • Neuro: neuropathy ... Anti-GBM antibody • Urine ... : UA, Urine protein ... reveals increasing blood ... #Syndromes #differential
Urinary Casts and Disease Associations
Hyaline - May be nonspecific; seen in normal individuals or during severe
and concentrated urine ... disease Red blood ... tubulointerstitial nephritis, renal ... Urinary #Casts #Differential ... #Microscopy #Diagnosis
Hypokalemia Evaluation Algorithm

Before evaluating hypokalemia, life threatening complications such as arrhythmias and paralysis should be looked
A urine K/Cr ratio ... suggests extra-renal ... • Diarrhea A urine ... #Hypokalemia #diagnosis ... #Algorithm #differential
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management Summary

Causes of Rhabdomyolysis:
 • Trauma:
	- Immobilization
	- Crush injury
	- Compartment
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... Weakness - Dark urine ... UA positive for blood ... hour with goal urine
Algorithm - Approach to the differential diagnosis of the patient presenting with overt glomerular proteinuria. CMV
Approach to the differential ... arbitrarily defined as urine ... content [85].2>5 red blood ... Diabetic nephropathy ... because nephritic urine