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Hypernatremia Differential Diagnosis Algorithm - Diabetes Insipidus Workup

Step #1 - Consider the history
Step #2 - Assess
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... - Diabetes Insipidus ... Hypernatremia #Management #Algorithm ... #Sodium #nephrology ... #insipidus #DI
Diabetes Insipidus vs Syndrome of Inappropriate ADH (SIADH) - Comparison Table

Diabetes Insipidus - Inadequate ADH
SIADH -
Diabetes Insipidus ... ) - Comparison Table ... Diabetes Insipidus ... #Diabetes #Insipidus ... SIADH #Comparison #Table
Etiologies of Hypernatremia - Differential Diagnosis
GI losses / Insensible losses
Sodium Overload
Transcellular Movement of Water
Central Diabetes Insipidus
Insensible losses Sodium ... Central Diabetes Insipidus ... Nephrogenic Diabetes Insipidus ... Differential #Diagnosis #Table
Causes of Hypernatremia - Differential Diagnosis
Inadequate water intake:
 • Lack of access to water
Extrarenal hypotonic fluid
Central diabetes insipidus ... Nephrogenic diabetes insipidus ... Causes #nephrology #sodium
Causes of Hypernatremia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hypernatremia - Excess free water loss, Serum Sodium >145 mmol/L
High
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... water loss, Serum Sodium ... kg • Diabetes Insipidus ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Water Deprivation Test - Differential Diagnosis of Diabetes Insipidus (DI)
Concept of WDT: endogenous vasopressin secretion is
Diagnosis of Diabetes Insipidus ... capacity #Diabetes #Insipidus ... Differential #Diagnosis #algorithm
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 ... #Differential #Table
Hypernatremia - Differential Diagnosis Workup Algorithm

1) Check Urine Osmolality:
 > 600 mOsm/kg - Implies extrarenal mechanism
Diagnosis Workup Algorithm ... Euvolemic: Diabetes insipidus ... Diagnosis #Workup #Algorithm ... #nephrology #sodium
Polyuria - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Urine Output > 3L /day
Water Diuresis (Urine Osm <100 mOsm/kg)
 • Primary
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Central Diabetes Insipidus ... Nephrogenic Diabetes Insipidus ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
True Hyponatremia Differential Algorithm

Instead (or in addition) of volume status examination, check urine sodium and serum
Hyponatremia Differential Algorithm ... examination, check urine sodium ... acid: - Urine sodium ... hyponatremia - Urine sodium ... #Differential #Algorithm