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Hypokalemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Extra-renal Losses:
 • Normal Acid-Base: Low intake
 • Metabolic acidosis: Gl tract
Hypokalemia - Differential ... Normal Acid-Base: Low ... • Metabolic acidosis ... • Metabolic acidosis ... #Hypokalemia #Differential
Metformin Pharmacology Summary
Mechanisms of Action:
 • Suppresses gluconeogenesis by the liver
 • Increases insulin-mediated glucose utilization
Metformin Pharmacology ... hypoglycemia • Low ... — mitigated by slow ... causing lactic acidosis ... #Metformin #Pharmacology
Distal Renal Tubular Acidosis
Distal RTA is the true Nephrogenic RTA and can be truly divided into
Renal Tubular Acidosis ... intercalated cells - A Low ... Trimethoprim • Low ... Renal #Tubular #Acidosis ... RTA #diagnosis #differential
Approach to Acid Base Disorders - Evaluation and Differential Diagnosis
1) Start with the Anion Gap (AG).
2)
Evaluation and Differential ... are they more acidotic ... 3) Now, look at ... Differential Diagnosis ... Evaluation #workup #Differential
Low Anion Gap - Various causes and mechanisms of a Low Anion Gap
 • Hypoalbuminemia (1gm
Low Anion Gap - ... mechanisms of a Low ... Normal anion gap acidosis ... paraprotein #Low ... AnionGap #causes #differential
Normal Anion-Gap Acidosis (NAGMA) - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Workup

NAGMA
- Chem, ABG or VBG
- Calculate Anion
Normal Anion-Gap Acidosis ... (NAGMA) - Differential ... • Serum K low ... • Serum K: low ... Metabolic #NAGMA #Differential
Hypokalemia Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Low intake 
• poor oral intake 

Renal loss 
• Medication 
• Hypomagnesemia 
•
Hypokalemia Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm Low ... Renal tubular acidosis ... #Hypokalemia #Differential
Metabolic Alkalosis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm - Urinary Chloride
 • Cl- responsive metabolic alkalosis
Metabolic Alkalosis - Differential ... - Normal/low ... gap metabolic acidosis ... Kidney tubular acidosis ... Metabolic #Alkalosis #Differential
Causes of Hypokalemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Once pseudohypokalemia is ruled out, causes of hypokalemia can be
Hypokalemia - Differential ... filling of bucket (low ... with the drain wide ... #Hypokalemia #Differential
Summary table of the mechanism of action, side effect and contraindications of commonly used anti-coagulation drugs.
mechanism of action, side ... - Low Molecular ... anticoagulation #pharmacology