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Hyponatremia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
ADH Independent:
 • Tea and Toast Syndrome, Beer Potomania - Low solute
Hyponatremia - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ADH ... ADH Dependent: ... Heart failure, liver ... Algorithm #causes #nephrology
Cerebral Salt Wasting vs SIADH - Pathophysiology 
1) Neurological event
2) Sodium loss from tubules
3) Naturiesis →
Wasting vs SIADH - Pathophysiology ... Hypovolaemia → ADH ... #diagnosis #nephrology ... #hyponatremia # ... comparison
Causes of Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unprovoked - Epilepsy:
 • Focal: Simple, Complex
 • Generalized: Absence,
of Seizures - Differential ... Traumatic brain injury ... Hyperglycemia, Hyponatremia ... Hypoxia, Uremia, Liver ... Algorithm #Causes #neurology
Hyponatremia - Diagnosis and Treatment
Hyponatremia is usually caused by the inability to excrete water normally.
majority of cases, ADH ... 2) Is ADH elevated ... include vaptans (HF/liver ... #Differential # ... Treatment #management #nephrology
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Acute Kidney Injury ... fragmentocytes, LDH ... imaging #Acute #Kidney ... #Injury #AKI #Workup ... #Diagnosis #nephrology
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management Summary

Causes of Rhabdomyolysis:
 • Trauma:
	- Immobilization
	- Crush injury
	- Compartment
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential ... Aldolase ↑ • LDH ... Hyperuricemia • Hyponatremia ... nephrotoxicity to kidney ... causes #treatment #nephrology
Guide to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)

What to ask/look for: 
 - HPI, PMH, full ROS
Guide to Acute Kidney ... Injury (AKI) ... - TTE/liver fxn? ... AcuteKidneyInjury #AKI #Nephrology ... Algorithm #Causes #Differential
Heat Illnesses and Heat Stroke - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Heat Cramps:
 • Muscle pain or spasm -
Heat Stroke - Differential ... sweat Heat Injury ... heat illness → Hypernatremia ... involvement: Muscles, Kidneys ... Collapse: • Pathophysiology
Hepatorenal Syndrome (HRS)

Definition:
• Functional, potentially reversible kidney impairment.
• Occurs in advanced liver disease: cirrhosis, severe alcoholic
No structural kidney ... Pathophysiology: ... sympathetic + ADH ... • Normal kidney ... Syndrome #Hepatology #Nephrology
Scleroderma Renal Crisis (SRC)

Clinical Presentation of Scleroderma Renal Crisis:
1) Acute kidney injury
2) Abrupt onset of hypertension
3)
Crisis: 1) Acute kidney ... injury 2) Abrupt ... anemia (MAHA) Pathophysiology ... endothelial cell injury ... #rheumatology #nephrology