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Hypernatremia Differential Diagnosis Algorithm - Diabetes Insipidus Workup

Step #1 - Consider the history
Step #2 - Assess
Hypernatremia Differential ... Workup Step #1 ... Eric Strong @DrEricStrong ... #Sodium #nephrology ... #insipidus #DI
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis and Management Summary

Trauma:
 • Immobilization, Crush iniury, Compartment syndrome, Electrical injury
Exertional:
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Differential Diagnosis ... Heat iniury, Heat stroke ... , Metabolic myopathies ... per day until stable ... #Differential #
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management Summary

Causes of Rhabdomyolysis:
 • Trauma:
	- Immobilization
	- Crush injury
	- Compartment
Differential Diagnosis ... Heat injury, Heat stroke ... - Metabolic myopathies ... per day until stable ... #Differential #
Heat Illnesses and Heat Stroke - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Heat Cramps:
 • Muscle pain or spasm -
- Differential ... • Labs: - Metabolic ... acidosis - Rhabdomyolysis ... Multi-system illness: 1. ... Hyperventilation, Dizziness
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Rhabdomyolysis = Destruction of skeletal muscle with leakage of contents into circulation.
Glycogenolysis, Lipid metabolism ... Temperature: Heat stroke ... malignant syndrome • Metabolic ... Diagnosis #Causes #nephrology ... #table
Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Approach To Weakness:
 • Non-neuromuscular disorder (Cardiac, pulmonary etc)
 • CNS ->
Weakness - Differential ... localized) 1. ... Impairment: • Acute stroke ... Lyme myositis • Rhabdomyolysis ... #Diagnosis #neurology
Causes of Hyperkalemia - Intercellular Shift - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Transcellular Shift - Appropriate renal excretion (GFR,
Diagnosis Algorithm ... Non-Anion Gap Metabolic ... Lysis Syndrome, rhabdomyolysis ... antagonism • alpha-1 ... #Differential #