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Hyponatremia with Severe Symptoms - Management Algorithm with Hypertonic Saline
The goal of acute management is to
Hyponatremia with ... Severe Symptoms ... 5 or stop the symptoms ... #Algorithm #treatment ... Hypertonic #Saline #nephrology
Hyponatremia Correction
1. Indications for Hypertonic Saline: seizure, coma, focal findings
   - typically occurs with
Hyponatremia Correction ... 100-110 - Symptoms ... in water @ 3cc/kg ... Correction #goal #rate #management ... #nephrology
Goals and limits for treatment of Hyponatremia Stratified by duration and risk of Osmotic Demyelination Syndrome
and limits for treatment ... of Hyponatremia ... saline at 1 mL/kg ... saline at 1 mL/kg ... goals #limits #management
Hypernatremia - Differential Diagnosis and Treatment
Hypernatremia is almost always due to unreplaced water loss (free water
Hypernatremia - ... Hypernatremia ... , Dehydration: neurologic ... patient weight (eg ... #management #nephrology
Wernicke Encephalopathy - Acute B1 (Thiamine) Deficiency - Diagnosis and Management
Diagnosis - Caine Criteria (2 of
Diagnosis and Management ... Anorexia nervosa Treatment ... can improve symptoms ... Deficiency #Diagnosis #Management ... #neurology #nutrition
Leukostasis vs Tumor Lysis Syndrome
Leukostasis:
 • Pathophysiology: Large, immature blasts and high WBC count cause hyperviscosity
Leukostasis: • Pathophysiology ... Dehydration • Symptoms ... Lysis Syndrome: • Pathophysiology ... unless worrisome EKG ... TLS #diagnosis #management
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management Summary

Causes of Rhabdomyolysis:
 • Trauma:
	- Immobilization
	- Crush injury
	- Compartment
Framework and Management ... Nonexertional: - Electrolytes ... : • Triad of symptoms ... Hyperuricemia • Hyponatremia ... #nephrology
Refeeding Syndrome: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Patients at Risk of Refeeding Syndrome:
 - Little or no nutritional
Low BMI < 18.5 kg ... /m2 - Electrolyte ... - CHF - Pulmonary ... Syndrome #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #symptoms #signs
SIADH Treatment Options
1. Treat underlying cause of SIADH: Pain, Primary lung pathology, Post-operative phenomenon, Medications, Basically
SIADH Treatment ... food has water • Electrolyte ... SatyaPatelMD #SIADH #Management ... #hyponatremia # ... nephrology #treatment
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Guillain-Barre Pathophysiology ... /constipation, hyponatremia ... Treatment: • Plasmapheresis ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #neurology