Dr. Gerald Diaz @GeraldMD
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Comparison of Causes of Salt-Wasting in Infancy
 - PHA 1
 - PHA 3
 - 21-OH CAH
Comparison of Causes ... Wasting #Infancy #Comparison ... #Causes #differential ... #diagnosis #pediatrics ... #nephrology
Alice in Wonderland Syndrome
What? Metamorphophsia - Distortions of the visual perceptions with changes in size (micro
(Many causes!) ... * (most common cause ... lesions (e.g. stroke ... Syndrome #diagnosis #neurology ... #differential
Causes of Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unprovoked - Epilepsy:
 β€’ Focal: Simple, Complex
 β€’ Generalized: Absence,
Causes of Seizures ... - Differential ... : β€’ Vascular: Stroke ... Neurocysticercosis, PML β€’ Metabolic ... #neurology
Urine Color - Differential Diagnosis
Red Urine:
 β€’ Medical conditions: bleeding, porphyria, factitious disorder
 β€’ Meds: rifampin,
Urine Color - Differential ... : β€’ Any cause of ... dyes typically cause ... - Strong Medicine ... discoloration #nephrology
Distal Renal Tubular Acidosis (RTA)  Type 1 

Totally scuppers the kidney's acidification mechanism. Will be
diagnosis with direct urine ... Failure to acidify urine ... Distal #Diagnosis #Management ... #Nephrology #Causes ... #Differential #
Metabolic Alkalosis - Urinary Chloride Algorithm
Cl- responsive metabolic alkalosis
 β€’ Kidney loss of Cl-
LiCl use The urine ... Urine chloride is ... the indicated causes ... #Algorithm #nephrology ... #differential #
Causes of Polyuria - Differential Diagnosis
Excess Intake of Water:
 β€’ Primary polydipsia (a.k.a. "psychogenic polydipsia")
 β€’
Causes of Polyuria ... - Differential ... - Strong Medicine ... #Diagnosis #Causes ... #nephrology
Management of Pediatric Kidney Stones
Acute Managment:
 β€’ Pain relief: NSAIDs, opioids
 β€’ Facilitating passage of stone:
Management of Pediatric ... Kidney Stones Acute Managment ... using urine strainer ... Protein diet - Urine ... #Pediatrics #nephrology
Hypokalemia Evaluation Algorithm

Before evaluating hypokalemia, life threatening complications such as arrhythmias and paralysis should be looked
wasting from other causes ... A urine K/Cr ratio ... β€’ Diarrhea A urine ... diagnosis #Algorithm #differential ... #potassium #nephrology
Causes of Metabolic Alkalosis: Differential Diagnosis
ECF volume contracted: urine chloride concentration <20 meq/L
 β€’ Gastric alkalosis:
Causes of Metabolic ... Alkalosis: Differential ... #Alkalosis #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Causes ... #nephrology