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Medications causing Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration: Diuretics
 • Altered intrarenal autoregulation: ACEIs / ARBs,
Medications causing Acute ... Kidney Injury ( ... AKI) Prerenal: ... Intrarenal: • ATN ... #Acute #Kidney
Common causes of Acute Kidney Injury AKI - Differential Diagnosis
HEMODYNAMIC
 • Cardiac failure: Impaired forward flow,
Kidney Injury AKI ... Tubular Injury/ ... Necrosis (ATN) ... hypotension • Drugs ... Koratala @NephroP #AKI
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Prerenal:
 • Due to true volume loss or decreased
Acute Kidney Injury ... (AKI) - Differential ... hepatorenal, sepsis • Drugs ... interstitium • ATN ... #Kidney #Injury
Guide to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)

What to ask/look for: 
 - HPI, PMH, full ROS
Guide to Acute Kidney ... Injury (AKI) ... Cl/urea/protein/Cr ... Liano 1996) - ATN ... CKD— 13% (mostly ATN
Simplified Approach to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
1) IS THIS AN EMERGENCY? 
Is there a dialysis indication
Simplified Approach to Acute ... Kidney Injury ( ... obstruction, Nephrotoxic drugs ... etiologies due to ATN ... #simplified #workup
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management Summary

Causes of Rhabdomyolysis:
 • Trauma:
	- Immobilization
	- Crush injury
	- Compartment
- Toxins - Drugs ... declines > ALT) • AKI ... : BUN/Cr ↑ • Aldolase ... + myoglobin AKI ... hyperkalemia or ATN
Urinalysis & Urine Sodium 
Theophilus Protospatharius, a seventh-century physician who wrote the first manuscript focused exclusively
[(U Na x P Cr) / ... Acute Kidney Injury ... (AKI) FE Na < ... Acute Tubular Necrosis ... (ATN) FE Na >
Peri-operative Hyperthermia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
If prolonged or ≥ 39 C this is a
anaphylaxis (→ 3-1) Drug ... amphetamines) Toxic: • Radiologic ... Traumatic brain injury ... Differential #Causes #Anesthesiology ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup