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Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Acute Kidney Injury ... and Differential Diagnosis ... dipstick, urine microscopy ... / urinary sediment ... #nephrology #causes
Common causes of Acute Kidney Injury AKI - Differential Diagnosis
HEMODYNAMIC
 • Cardiac failure: Impaired forward flow,
Common causes of ... Acute Kidney Injury ... AKI - Differential ... inhibitors, hepatorenal syndrome ... #nephrology
Guide to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)

What to ask/look for: 
 - HPI, PMH, full ROS
Guide to Acute Kidney ... - Urinalysis/microscopy ... pre-renal) - Urinary ... #Nephrology #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #Causes
Urinary Casts and Disease Associations
Hyaline - May be nonspecific; seen in normal individuals or during severe
Urinary Casts and ... broad - Advanced kidney ... Fatty - Nephrotic syndrome ... #Microscopy #Diagnosis ... #Nephrology
Simplified Approach to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
1) IS THIS AN EMERGENCY? 
Is there a dialysis indication
Approach to Acute Kidney ... require urgent nephrology ... circulating volume, Urinary ... Assess UA w/ microscopy ... #nephrology
Acute Kidney Injury - Classification
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration
 • Heart failure (a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome)
 • Liver failure
Acute Kidney Injury ... tubular necrosis (causes ... Neurogenic bladder • Urinary ... Classification #diagnosis ... #nephrology
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Acute increase
Kidney Injury (AKI ... - Differential Diagnosis ... • Hepatorenal syndromes ... polyangiitis /microscopic ... #KidneyInjury #Nephrology
Acute Kidney Injury - Differential Diagnosis Framework
PRERENAL:
 - Intrarenal vasoconstriction-hemodynamically mediated
 - Systemic vasodilation
 - Volume
Acute Kidney Injury ... Glomerular (red blood ... eosinophils/white blood ... Obstruction to urinary ... #Injury #AKI #Differential
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Prerenal:
 • Due to true volume loss or decreased
(AKI) - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... effective arterial blood ... Trauma to the urinary ... #Diagnosis #nephrology
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury ( AKI ) - Prerenal, Renal, and Postrenal

PRE-RENAL 
Impaired perfusion: 
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Causes of Acute ... AKI ) - Prerenal ... • Sepsis • Blood ... POST-RENAL Urinary ... /phimosis #Diagnosis