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Hypokalemia Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Low intake 
• poor oral intake 

Renal loss 
• Medication 
• Hypomagnesemia 
•
Renal loss • Medication ... Renal tubular acidosis ... • Gitelman's syndrome ... • Bartter's syndrome ... Algorithm #Causes #Classification
Lactic Acidosis - Classification and Differential Diagnosis
Type A Lactic Acidosis: Inadequate Oxygen Delivery
 • Anaerobic muscular
- Classification ... failure, Short bowel syndrome ... Associated with drugs ... Anti-retroviral drugs ... #Classification
Causes of High-anion Gap and Non-anion Gap Metabolic Acidosis
Causes of High-anion Gap Acidosis:
 • Lactic acidosis
Drugs II. ... Proximal RTA (type ... (classic) RTA (type ... Drug-induced hyperkalemia ... diagnosis #causes #nephrology
Distal Renal Tubular Acidosis
Distal RTA is the true Nephrogenic RTA and can be truly divided into
Renal Tubular Acidosis ... variants- the hypokalemic ... diseases(Sjogren's Syndrome ... defects - Drugs ... Renal #Tubular #Acidosis
Causes of Hypokalemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Defining the cause of hypokalemia starts by measuring urinary K
Causes of Hypokalemia ... Renal tubular acidosis ... (type 1 of 2), ... #hypokalemia ... algorithm #causes #nephrology
Drugs associated with hypokalemia and hypomagnesemia

Hypokalemia
- Shift from extracellular fluid to intracellular fluid compartment
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Drugs associated ... with hypokalemia ... renal Fanconi syndrome ... #Medications #differential ... #diagnosis #nephrology
Causes of Hyponatremia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hypovolemia, UNa > 20: 
 • Renal losses, Diuretic excess,
Diagnosis Algorithm Hypovolemia ... with renal tubal acidosis ... Hypovolemia, UNa ... Hypothyroidism, Stress, Drugs ... Algorithm #Causes #nephrology
Hyperkalemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

PseudoHyperkalemia:
 • Lab error
 • Traumatic venipuncture
 • Hemolysis, thrombocytosis, leukocytosis
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reactions Common Drugs ... - Tumor lysis syndrome ... - Metabolic acidosis ... Failure • SLE • Type ... Medications 2.
Causes of Hypokalemia
Transcellular Shifts:
 - Alkalosis, Increased plasma insulin (treatment of diabetic ketoacidosis), ß-Adrenergic agonists, Hypokalemic
Renal tubular acidosis ... diuresis, Bartter's syndrome ... use), Gitelman's syndrome ... Conn's, Liddle's), Drugs ... differential #diagnosis #nephrology
Hyperkalemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

PseudoHyperkalemia:
 • Lab error
 • Traumatic venipuncture
 • Hemolysis, thrombocytosis, leukocytosis
 •
reactions Common Drugs ... - Tumor lysis syndrome ... - Metabolic acidosis ... Failure • SLE • Type ... Medications 2.