47 results
Hypernatremia Differential Diagnosis Algorithm - Diabetes Insipidus Workup

Step #1 - Consider the history
Step #2 - Assess
Algorithm - Diabetes Insipidus ... Management #Algorithm #Sodium ... #nephrology #insipidus
Causes of Hypernatremia - Differential Diagnosis
Inadequate water intake:
 • Lack of access to water
Extrarenal hypotonic fluid
Central diabetes insipidus ... Nephrogenic diabetes insipidus ... Diagnosis #Causes #nephrology ... #sodium #high
Causes of Hypernatremia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hypernatremia - Excess free water loss, Serum Sodium >145 mmol/L
High
water loss, Serum Sodium ... kg • Diabetes Insipidus ... Hypernatremia #Nephrology
Brudzinski's Sign on Physical Exam - Meningitis

#Brudzinskis #Sign #PhysicalExam #clinical #video #neurology #peds #pediatrics #meningitis
PhysicalExam #clinical #video ... #neurology #peds ... #pediatrics #meningitis
Inherited Defects in Kidney Tubule Epithelial Cells

Renal glucosuria - Na+-dependent glucose cotransporter
Cystinuria - Amino acid transporter
Bartter
cell epithelial sodium ... of epithelial sodium ... Nephrogenic diabetes insipidus ... Defects #Kidney #Nephrology
Hypernatremia - Differential Diagnosis Workup Algorithm

1) Check Urine Osmolality:
 > 600 mOsm/kg - Implies extrarenal mechanism
Euvolemic: Diabetes insipidus ... Workup #Algorithm #nephrology ... #sodium
Gowers' Sign on Physical Exam

Seen in this patient with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD)

#Gowers #Sign #PhysicalExam #neurology
#PhysicalExam #neurology ... #clinical #video ... #pediatrics #muscular
Nuchal Rigidity in Infantile Bacterial Meningitis

Flexion of the neck revealed nuchal rigidity. The patient was unable
From - Journal of Pediatrics ... PhysicalExam #Clinical #Video ... #Peds #Pediatrics ... #neurology
Opisthotonos on Physical Examination

Opisthotonos in a 5 day baby referred from a peripheral facility with jaundice
meningitis Video ... Kernicterus #clinical #video ... #physicalexam #neurology ... #pediatrics
Marcus-Gunn Jaw-Winking syndrome from congenital neurosyphilis

Sucking elicits blinking.  Once you see it you won't forget.

Dr.
neurosyphilis #clinical #video ... #neurology #pediatrics