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Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Pre-Renal:
 • Hypovolemia, Cardiorenal, Distributive Shock, HRS, Hypercalcemia, Renal
Acute Kidney Injury ... (AKI) - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... #AKI #Acute #Kidney ... #Diagnosis #nephrology
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

PRE-Renal AKI:
 • Hypovolemia
 • Congestion
 • Medications
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Acute Kidney Injury ... (AKI) - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... Congestion • Medications ... #Diagnosis #nephrology
Anticholinergic Cognitive Burden Scale (ACB Scale)
 
Categorical Scoring:
 •	 Possible anticholinergics include those listed with ascore
each selected medication ... Anticholinergic medications ... Cognitive #Burden #Geriatrics ... Deprescribing #Medications ... #List #Pharmacology
Comparison of Causes of Salt-Wasting in Infancy
 - PHA 1
 - PHA 3
 - 21-OH CAH
Comparison #Causes #differential ... #diagnosis #pediatrics ... #nephrology
Numerous drugs taken by elderly persons can affect water balance by direct action on the kidney
action on the kidney ... #Diagnosis #Pharmacology ... #Geriatrics #Hyponatremia ... #Medications #DrugInduced ... #List #Differential
Medications causing Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration: Diuretics
 • Altered intrarenal autoregulation: ACEIs / ARBs,
Medications causing ... Acute Kidney Injury ... #Drugs #pharmacology ... #differential # ... diagnosis
Mechanisms of Drug-Induced Hyperkalemia 
 • Direct renin inhibitor (Aliskiren)
 • Renin release inhibition (NSAIDs, Beta-Blockers)
• Exogenous (KCL ... #hyperkalemia #differential ... #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #pharmacology # ... potassium #medications
Causes of Falls in the Elderly - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
- Intrinsic Factors - 
Presyncope / Syncope
the Elderly - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Polypharmacy - esp. > 4 medications ... Falls #Elderly #Geriatrics ... #Differential #
Inherited Defects in Kidney Tubule Epithelial Cells

Renal glucosuria - Na+-dependent glucose cotransporter
Cystinuria - Amino acid transporter
Bartter
Inherited Defects in Kidney ... syndrome - Na-K-2Cl ... Inherited #Defects #Kidney ... #Nephrology #Diagnosis ... #Differential #
Hematuria in Post-Renal Transplant Patient
Prevalence up to 12% in the postrenal transplant patient
 • Bacterial: Escherichia
carcinoma (native kidney ... Prostate cancer • Medications ... Renal #Transplant #differential ... #diagnosis #kidney ... management #treatment #nephrology