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Renal Tubular Disorders

 • Distal Renal Tubular Acidosis (Type 1)
 • Proximal Renal Tubular Acidosis (Type
Renal Tubular Disorders ... • Distal Renal ... ) • Proximal Renal ... Acidosis #Types #pathophysiology ... #nephrology #diagnosis
Causes of Solid or Cystic Renal Mass - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Solid Renal Mass:
 • Benign <3
- Differential Diagnosis ... Mass: • Benign ... Mass: • Benign ... Cystic #RenalMass #Nephrology ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Primary Metabolic Alkalosis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Volume Depleted - 2° hyperaldosteronism
 • Low Urine Cl-: Vomiting,
- Differential Diagnosis ... intake, Diuretics (late ... hyperaldosteronism • High PRA: Renal ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #Nephrology
Drugs that Impair Renal Potassium Excretion 

Decreased ENaC channel function: Amiloride, Triamterene, Pentamidine
Decreased Aldosterone Synthesis: Heparin,
Drugs that Impair Renal ... ARBs Decreased Renin ... #Hyperkalemia #Pathophysiology ... #Pharmacology # ... Impaired #Potassium #Renal
Primary Metabolic Alkalosis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Volume Depleted 2° hyperaldosteronism
 • Low Urine Cl-: Vomiting, NGT
- Differential Diagnosis ... intake, Diuretics (late ... hyperaldosteronism • High PRA: Renal ... artery stenosis, Renin-secreting ... #Algorithm #nephrology
NSAIDS and their effects on the Kidney - Pathophysiology

Arachidonic Acid metabolites into alternative pathways that modify
on the Kidney - Pathophysiology ... Inhibition of Renin ... KidneyDisease #nephrology ... #Effects #pathophysiology ... #renal
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury ( AKI ) - Prerenal, Renal, and Postrenal

PRE-RENAL 
Impaired perfusion: 
•
) - Prerenal, Renal ... Postrenal PRE-RENAL ... Retroperitoneal fibrosis Benign ... /phimosis #Diagnosis ... #Differential #Nephrology
Hyperkalemia: Diagnostic algorithm
Decreased renal potassium excretion
 • Acute renal failure
 • Chronic renal failure
 • Drugs
Increased
Hyperkalemia: Diagnostic ... Diabetic Nephropathy Renin ... Normal, Renin High ... #Hyperkalemia #Diagnosis ... #algorithm #nephrology
Metabolic and Respiratory Acidosis and Alkalosis - Diagnostic Algorithm

Anion gap - MUDPILES: 
 - Methanol (formic
and Alkalosis - Diagnostic ... - Salicylates (late ... Addison disease - Renal ... infusion #Diagnosis ... Recommended Text: Nephrology
Causes of Chronic Kidney Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Decreased kidney function (eGFR < 60 ml/min/1.73 m2)
- Differential Diagnosis ... 3 months Pre-Renal ... nephropathy • Benign ... KidneyDisease #Nephrology ... #Differential #Diagnosis