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Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) in Patients with Cancer 

Cancer Related 
• Hypercalcemia 
• Intravenous contrast 
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Acute Kidney Injury ... Light chain (LC) cast ... Cisplatin • ATN ... ifosfomide • Crystal ... #Kidney #Injury
Acute Kidney Injury - Differential Diagnosis Framework
PRERENAL:
 - Intrarenal vasoconstriction-hemodynamically mediated
 - Systemic vasodilation
 - Volume
Acute Kidney Injury ... Intrarenal: stones, crystals ... appropriate) #Acute ... #Kidney #Injury ... #AKI #Differential
Urinalysis & Urine Sodium 
Theophilus Protospatharius, a seventh-century physician who wrote the first manuscript focused exclusively
[(U Na x P Cr) / ... (P Na x U Cr)] ... Acute Kidney Injury ... (AKI) FE Na < ... (ATN) FE Na >
Simplified Approach to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
1) IS THIS AN EMERGENCY? 
Is there a dialysis indication
Simplified Approach to Acute ... Kidney Injury ( ... CAUSES Assess UA ... , crystals, protein ... etiologies due to ATN
Guide to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)

What to ask/look for: 
 - HPI, PMH, full ROS
Guide to Acute Kidney ... Injury (AKI) ... What to ask/look ... weights - Urine Na ... Cl/urea/protein/Cr
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management Summary

Causes of Rhabdomyolysis:
 • Trauma:
	- Immobilization
	- Crush injury
	- Compartment
Myoglobinuria: UA ... + myoglobin AKI ... Cast formation: ... nephrotoxicity to kidney ... hyperkalemia or ATN