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Hepatorenal Syndrome (HRS) - Diagnostic Criteria
HRS-AKI (Acute: previously known as HRS Type 1)
 • ↑ Creatinine
Hepatorenal Syndrome ... haematuria, Normal renal ... ultrasound HRS-NAKI ... 2) • HRS-AKD ... Cirrhosis + ascites • HRS-CKD
Causes of Chronic Kidney Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Decreased kidney function (eGFR < 60 ml/min/1.73 m2)
- Differential Diagnosis ... Family history, ultrasound ... • Medullary cystic ... Sterile pyuria, WBC casts ... Hyperphosphatemia #CKD
Causes of Cystic Renal Mass - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Benign - Anechoic on ultrasound, Well-demarcated on ultrasound/CT,
Causes of Cystic ... Renal Mass - Differential ... , No cysts in other ... , Cysts in other ... Hippel-Lindau Syndrome
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Acute increase
Causes of Acute ... Kidney Injury (AKI ... ) - Differential ... • Hepatorenal syndromes ... Epithelial cell casts
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Acute Kidney Injury ... osmolarity If cause ... pressure • TTP / HUS ... syndrome: troponin ... #Kidney #Injury
Causes of Hematuria - Differential Diagnosis
Renal:
 - Glomerular - IgA Nephropathy, Thin basement membrane, Alport syndrome,
Diagnosis Renal: ... membrane, Alport syndrome ... - Structural - Cysts ... - PKD, Medullary ... sponge kidney
Hepatorenal Syndrome (HRS)

Definition:
• Functional, potentially reversible kidney impairment.
• Occurs in advanced liver disease: cirrhosis, severe alcoholic
Hepatorenal Syndrome ... hepatitis, or acute ... Bland urine (no casts ... ultrasound ... essential in all cases
Peripelvic Cyst on Renal POCUS
60s f admitted with acute pyelonephritis, CT scan reveals no hydronephrosis/stone/abscess, continues
from peripelvic cysts ... Importantly, peripelvic cysts ... may be a cause ... occasionally may cause ... #ultrasound