17 results
Hyperuricemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Primary - Over-production
     • Increased turnover of nucleotides
Primary
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... (ALL) • Acute ... • High purine ... • ACE inhibitors ... Cyclosporine • Diuretics
Outpatient Hypertension Management Algorithm
Monotherapy: 
 • Thiazide/thiazide-like 
 • ACE-I (non-black patients), 
 • ARB
Hypertension Management Algorithm ... or ARB + Diuretic ... Coronary Syndrome ... Pre-Eclampsia • Drugs ... Hypertension #Management #Algorithm
Drugs associated with hypokalemia and hypomagnesemia

Hypokalemia
- Shift from extracellular fluid to intracellular fluid compartment
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Drugs associated ... - Insulin (high ... renal Fanconi syndrome ... hypomagnesemia #Medications ... differential #diagnosis #nephrology
Causes of Hyponatremia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hypovolemia, UNa > 20: 
 • Renal losses, Diuretic excess,
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Renal losses, Diuretic ... Hypothyroidism, Stress, Drugs ... UNa > 20: • Acute ... #Causes #nephrology
Diuretics and Agents Regulating Renal Excretion

Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors (Acetazolamide, Dichlorphenamide)
 • Glaucoma
 • Epilepsy
 • Altitude
; High-Ceiling Diuretics ... Torsemide) • Acute ... hyperaldosteronism • Acute ... #Nephrology #Pharmacology ... #Medications #Table
Hypocalcemia Workup - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Low Magnesium, High Magnesium - Functional Hypoparathyroidism
 • High
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... deficiency • Drugs ... Hyperphosphatemia, Acute ... metastases, Hungry bone syndrome ... #nephrology #calcium
ISCHEMIA Trial - Management Algorithm for patients with Stable Angina

Stress Test -> ? +moderate or severe
Trial - Management Algorithm ... This is not for acute ... coronary syndrome ... (ACS) evaluation ... #Cardiology #EBM
Compelling and Possible Contraindications to Antihypertensive Drugs
Diuretics (thiazides)
 - Gout
 - Metabolic syndrome, Glucose intolerance, Pregnancy,
Diuretics (thiazides ... - Metabolic syndrome ... ARB, diabetes) ACE ... - Metabolic syndrome ... contraindications #table
Cardiorenal Syndrome (CRS) Types
 • Type 1 - Acute CRS: Alteration of renal perfusion is the
Cardiorenal Syndrome ... Types • Type 1 - Acute ... be considered drug ... #CRS #Types #cardiology ... #nephrology
Causes of High-anion Gap and Non-anion Gap Metabolic Acidosis
Causes of High-anion Gap Acidosis:
 • Lactic acidosis
Causes of High-anion ... Renal failure (acute ... Potassium-sparing diuretics ... ACE-Is and ARBs ... diagnosis #causes #nephrology