Dr. Gerald Diaz @GeraldMD
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Hypomagnesemia - Differential Diagnosis
Renal Causes of Hypomagnesemia - Familial:
Bartter syndrome and Gitelman syndrome, Isolated recessive hypomagnesemia,
Differential Diagnosis ... Familial: Bartter syndrome ... and Gitelman syndrome ... #differential #diagnosis ... #causes #nephrology
Approach to Hypomagnesemia 

Fractional excretion of magnesium = (urine magnesium x serum creatinine)/ [0.7 (serum magnesium
Approach to Hypomagnesemia ... of magnesium = (urine ... serum magnesium x urine ... #differential #diagnosis ... #causes #nephrology
Causes of Hypomagnesemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
GI LOSS - FeMg < 2-2.5% or 24h Urine Mg
- Differential Diagnosis ... 2-2.5% or 24h Urine ... Malabsorption RENAL ... 2-2.5% or 24h Urine ... β€’ Gitelman's syndrome
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
and Differential Diagnosis ... microscopy / urinary ... syndrome: troponin ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #nephrology #causes
Atlas of Urine Microscopy Findings
 β€’ Epithelial cells - Normal
 β€’ Renal tubular cells - Acute
Atlas of Urine Microscopy ... also be seen if urine ... Red cell casts - Diagnostic ... #key #diagnosis ... #nephrology #casts
Drugs associated with hypokalemia and hypomagnesemia

Hypokalemia
- Shift from extracellular fluid to intracellular fluid compartment
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hypokalemia and hypomagnesemia ... pump inhibitor - Renal ... Fanconi syndrome ... #differential #diagnosis ... #nephrology #Causes
Causes of Hypokalemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Defining the cause of hypokalemia starts by measuring urinary K
- Differential Diagnosis ... K loss β€’ Hypomagnesemia-induced ... hypokalemia β€’ Renal ... #differential #diagnosis ... algorithm #causes #nephrology
Urinary Casts and Disease Associations
Hyaline - May be nonspecific; seen in normal individuals or during severe
and concentrated urine ... tubulointerstitial nephritis, renal ... Fatty - Nephrotic syndrome ... #Differential #Microscopy ... #Diagnosis #Nephrology
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
Pulmonary Renal ... Syndrome Definition ... Differential Diagnosis ... polyangiitis, Microscopic ... #diagnosis #nephrology
Causes of Hyponatremia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Syndrome of Inappropriate ADH - Euvolemic; no physiologic stimulus to
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Syndrome ... GI losses β€’ Renal ... Hypo-osmolar urine ... #Hyponatremia #Nephrology