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Causes of Chronic Kidney Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Decreased kidney function (eGFR < 60 ml/min/1.73 m2)
Disease - Differential ... Family history, ultrasound ... cystic disease ... KidneyDisease #Nephrology ... #Differential #
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury ( AKI ) - Prerenal, Renal, and Postrenal

PRE-RENAL 
Impaired perfusion: 
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Kidney Injury ( ... • Sepsis • Blood ... • Inflammatory disease ... Postrenal #Failure #Differential ... #Nephrology
Causes of Cystic Renal Mass - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Benign - Anechoic on ultrasound, Well-demarcated on ultrasound/CT,
Renal Mass - Differential ... Disease • ... of infection - Renal ... #RenalMass #Nephrology ... #Differential #
Hematuria in Post-Renal Transplant Patient
Prevalence up to 12% in the postrenal transplant patient
 • Bacterial: Escherichia
, Busulfan • Disease ... ADPKD (Hemorrhagic cyst ... #Transplant #differential ... #blood #urine # ... management #treatment #nephrology
Urinary Casts and Disease Associations
Hyaline - May be nonspecific; seen in normal individuals or during severe
casts are seen in acute ... broad - Advanced kidney ... disease Red blood ... tubulointerstitial nephritis, renal ... Urinary #Casts #Differential
Hepatorenal Syndrome (HRS)

Definition:
• Functional, potentially reversible kidney impairment.
• Occurs in advanced liver disease: cirrhosis, severe alcoholic
advanced liver disease ... hepatitis, or acute ... casts, protein, or blood ... ultrasound ... Syndrome #Hepatology #Nephrology