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Hypernatremia Management Algorithm
Acute vs Chronic
Calculate Losses
 • Current water Deficit
 • Ongoing Free water Losses
 •
Hypernatremia Management ... Losses • Current water ... • Ongoing Free water ... Hypernatremia #Management ... Algorithm #treatment #nephrology
Pathophysiology of The Nephron - Electrolyte and Water Exchange

The nephron — electrolyte and water exchange. 
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Pathophysiology ... Electrolyte and Water ... electrolyte and water ... #Pathophysiology ... #Nephrology #Nephron
Nephron Physiology
 - Proximal Convoluted Tubule
 - Thick Ascending Limb
 - Distal Convoluted Tubule
 - Ion
Collecting Tubule - Water ... Tubule #Nephron #Pathophysiology ... #Nephrology #Renal
Cerebral Salt Wasting vs SIADH - Pathophysiology 
1) Neurological event
2) Sodium loss from tubules
3) Naturiesis →
Wasting vs SIADH - Pathophysiology ... Hypovolaemia → ADH → water ... SaltWasting #SIADH #Pathophysiology ... #diagnosis #nephrology
Echinostomiasis - Echinostoma Life Cycle
1) Unembroynated eggs passed in feces
2) Embryonated eggs in water
3) Miracidia hatch
Embryonated eggs in water ... LifeCycle #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... infectiousdiseases #cdc ... #parasite #fluke
Complications of CKD
 - Patients with stages 1-3 ([GFR] >30 mL/min) of CKD are generally asymptomatic;
asymptomatic; water ... #Pathophysiology ... #Nephrology #CKD
Clonorchiasis - Clonorchis sinensis Life Cycle
1) Embryonated eggs passed in feces.
2) Eggs ingested by the snail
skin of fresh water ... LifeCycle #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... infectiousdiseases #cdc ... #parasite #fluke
Hypernatremia Differential Diagnosis Algorithm - Diabetes Insipidus Workup

Step #1 - Consider the history
Step #2 - Assess
#3 - Perform a water ... Hypernatremia #Management ... Algorithm #Sodium #nephrology
Capillariasis - Capillaria philippinensis Life Cycle
1) Unembryonated, thick-shelled eggs passed in feces.
2) Eggs become embryonated in
embryonated in water ... LifeCycle #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... infectiousdiseases #cdc ... #parasite
Diphyllobothriasis - Diphyllobothrium Life Cycle
1) Unembryonated eggs passed in feces
2) Eggs embryonate in water
3) Coracidia hatch
embryonate in water ... LifeCycle #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... infectiousdiseases #cdc ... #parasite #tapeworm