Dr. Gerald Diaz @GeraldMD
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differential algorithm causes workup aki alkalosis hypokalemia metabolic potassium urinary casts chloride framework hypophosphatemia injury kidneyinjury microscopy phosphate
Gitelman Syndrome - Diagnosis and Workup Blood Work: - Hypokalemia - Hypomagnesemia - Metabolic Alkalosis - Elevated
Gitelman Syndrome ... Elevated Renin Urine ... Ultrasound - No ... #Syndrome #Diagnosis ... #Workup #nephrology
Algorithm for patients with hypokalemia on the basis of the potassium-to-creatinine ratio in the urine Urine K+
↑ Aldosterone: Kidney ... Low-normal EABV ... , Gitelman syndrome ... differential #algorithm #diagnosis ... #nephrology
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Acute Kidney Injury ... and Differential Diagnosis ... syndrome: troponin ... #Kidney #Injury ... #nephrology #causes
Hypokalemia Evaluation Algorithm Before evaluating hypokalemia, life threatening complications such as arrhythmias and paralysis should be looked
differentiating kidney ... suggests extra-renal ... , Gitelman syndrome ... #Hypokalemia #diagnosis ... differential #potassium #nephrology
Metabolic Alkalosis - Urinary Chloride Algorithm Cl- responsive metabolic alkalosis • Kidney loss of Cl-
alkalosis • Normal/low ... diuretic use, Bartter syndrome ... , Gitelman syndrome ... #Algorithm #nephrology ... #differential #diagnosis
Common causes of Acute Kidney Injury AKI - Differential Diagnosis HEMODYNAMIC • Cardiac failure: Impaired forward flow,
Kidney Injury AKI ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Impaired forward flow ... inhibitors, hepatorenal syndrome ... #nephrology
Workup for Hypophosphatemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework Rule out spurious hypophosphatemia: paraproteinemia, acute leukemia Measure Urine Fractional Excretion
- Differential Diagnosis ... paraproteinemia, acute ... leukemia Measure Urine ... FEPO4 ≥ 5% - Renal ... Workup #phosphate #nephrology
Urinary Casts and Disease Associations Hyaline - May be nonspecific; seen in normal individuals or during severe
and concentrated urine ... casts are seen in acute ... broad - Advanced kidney ... tubulointerstitial nephritis, renal ... Fatty - Nephrotic syndrome
Causes of Metabolic Alkalosis: Differential Diagnosis ECF volume contracted: urine chloride concentration <20 meq/L • Gastric alkalosis:
: Differential Diagnosis ... postchronic hypercapnia (acute ... diuretics after renal ... furosemide-like lesion) • Gitelman ... #Causes #nephrology
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