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Distal Renal Tubular Acidosis (RTA)  Type 1 

Totally scuppers the kidney's acidification mechanism. Will be
Renal Tubular Acidosis ... much easier to diagnosis ... Cannot lower pH ... #Management #Nephrology ... #Causes #Differential
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
- Differential Diagnosis ... : Causes of High ... Acetazolamide Causes ... Interpretation #Diagnosis ... #Summary #Nephrology
Salicylate Toxicity - Diagnosis and Management

Consider if:
1) Patient is hot and altered
2) You see tachypnea with
Salicylate Toxicity - Diagnosis ... no respiratory cause ... anion-gap metabolic acidosis ... exposure Symptoms: Nausea ... Resuscitation 2) Urine pH
Ketosis Disorders
Ketone bodies are a normal metabolic energy source. Excessive unregulated production of ketones, often accompanied
ketoacidosis (DKA) - caused ... (pH < 7.35) w/ ... Glucosuria causes ... #differential #diagnosis ... #management #endocrinology
Hypokalemia Differential Algorithm
Acidosis
 - RTA
 - Diarrhea
pH Normal 
 1. Decreased Mg 
 2. Intracellular Shift
Differential Algorithm Acidosis ... - Diarrhea pH ... Differential #Algorithm #Diagnosis ... #Causes #Workup ... #Nephrology
Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA) - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Symptoms:
• Abdominal pain
• Nausea
• Polyuria
• Polydipsia
• Vomiting
• Weight loss
•
Ketoacidosis (DKA) - Diagnosis ... and Management ... Abdominal pain • Nausea ... > 18 mEq/L 2) pH ... #Management #Endocrinology
Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA) - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Symptoms:
• Abdominal pain
• Nausea
• Polyuria
• Polydipsia
• Vomiting
• Weight loss
•
Ketoacidosis (DKA) - Diagnosis ... and Management ... Abdominal pain • Nausea ... > 18 mEq/L 2) pH ... #Management #Endocrinology
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

S/Sx: Most pts asymptomatic. Weakness, cramping, nausea, paresthesias, palpitations,
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis ... and Management ... Weakness, cramping, nausea ... only if no clear cause ... #potassium #nephrology
Myasthenia Gravis - Summary
 • an autoimmune disease of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction associated with antibodies
50 years in men Diagnosis ... More likely to cause ... Symptomatic treatment Of ocular ... glucocorticoids - can cause ... #management #neurology
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
Ocular- 50%: Ptosis ... muscles: “myasthenic crises ... myasthenia Diagnosis ... Myasthenia Crises ... #management #neurology