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Metformin Treatment in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes and Chronic Kidney Disease Stages 3A, 3B, or
Metformin Treatment ... Chronic Kidney Disease ... Metformin #CKD3 #CKD4 #Dosing ... #Pharmacology # ... VisualAbstract #Nephrology
Dizziness - Differential Diagnosis Framework
"Tell me what you mean by dizzy without using the word dizzy."
Vertigo:
dizzy without using ... neuropathy (DM, B12 ... Visual Impairment, Medications ... Coordination/Strength: B12 ... Differential #Diagnosis #neurology
Hematuria in Post-Renal Transplant Patient
Prevalence up to 12% in the postrenal transplant patient
 • Bacterial: Escherichia
Prevalence up to 12% ... Prostate cancer • Medications ... , Busulfan • Disease ... urine #management #treatment ... #nephrology
SIADH Treatment Options
1. Treat underlying cause of SIADH: Pain, Primary lung pathology, Post-operative phenomenon, Medications, Basically
SIADH Treatment ... Treat underlying cause ... Post-operative phenomenon, Medications ... #hyponatremia #nephrology ... #treatment
Myasthenia Gravis - Summary
 • an autoimmune disease of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction associated with antibodies
Myasthenia Gravis - Summary ... an autoimmune disease ... More likely to cause ... glucocorticoids - can cause ... diagnosis #management #neurology
Chagas Disease - American Trypanosomiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis) is an infectious
and Management Summary ... caused by the protozoan ... the absence of treatment ... symptoms, positive serology ... peripheral smears using
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
HCO3)} Normal = 12 ... acetaminophen dosing ... restrictive lung disease ... Interpretation #Diagnosis #Summary ... #Nephrology #ABG
Emergency Treatment Algorithm for Convulsive Status Epilepticus
1. ABCDEFG (ABC's and Don't Ever Forget the Glucose)
2. Airway:
Emergency Treatment ... for reversible cause ... Refractory medications ... Algorithm #Management #Neurology ... #Pharmacology
Hepatic Encephalopathy - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Definition:
 • Alteration in brain function manifested by neuropsychiatric symptoms
and Management Summary ... neuropsychiatric symptoms • Caused ... rule out other causes ... of neurologic/cognitive ... over course of disease
Hyperkalemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

PseudoHyperkalemia:
 • Lab error
 • Traumatic venipuncture
 • Hemolysis, thrombocytosis, leukocytosis
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Clenching of fist during ... • Addison’s disease ... Medications 2. ... differential #diagnosis #causes ... potassium #high #nephrology