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Causes of Acute Kidney Injury - Differential Diagnosis Framework 
Pre-Renal
Post-Renal
Intrinsic Renal:
 • Tubules (ATN)
 • Glomerular:
Causes of Acute ... - Differential Diagnosis ... : • Tubules (ATN ... CMC_IM #AKI #Acute ... #KidneyInjury #
Common causes of Acute Kidney Injury AKI - Differential Diagnosis
HEMODYNAMIC
 • Cardiac failure: Impaired forward flow,
- Differential Diagnosis ... Injury/Necrosis (ATN ... NSAlDs, antibiotics ... #KidneyInjury # ... Differential #Diagnosis
Anti-C. Difficile - Antibiotics Class Overview
 1. Metronidazole – (see anti-anaerobe section above for more details).
Difficile - Antibiotics ... Class Overview ... WBC <15 k, no acute ... (WBC >15k, or acute ... Fidaxomicin (PO) #Pharmacology
Core IM: Pearls on Contrast-Induced Nephropathy

Definition: 
 • no slam dunk criteria 
 • definition in
hypoxic/cytotoxic acute ... tubular necrosis Diagnosis ... look for signs of ATN ... sensitivity —100%) #Diagnosis ... Nephropathy #CIN #PCAKI #Overview
Simplified Approach to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
1) IS THIS AN EMERGENCY? 
Is there a dialysis indication
Simplified Approach to Acute ... you confirmed diagnosis ... etiologies due to ATN ... LorinskyMD #AKI #Acute ... #KidneyInjury #
Medications causing Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration: Diuretics
 • Altered intrarenal autoregulation: ACEIs / ARBs,
Medications causing Acute ... Intrarenal: • ATN ... EricsMedicalLectures/ #AKI #Acute ... Medications #Drugs #pharmacology ... #differential #diagnosis
Sulfonamides - Antibiotics Class Overview

BACTRIM/SEPTRA (TMP/SMX) - inhibit sequential steps in Folate synthesis --> bacteriostatic

Spectrum: Wide
Sulfonamides - Antibiotics ... Class Overview ... Traveler’s diarrhea, acute ... #Pharmacology #Antibiotics ... #Review #Overview
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
Endocarditis - Overview ... and Differential Diagnosis ... Culture Positive: • Acute ... Treatment • IV antibiotics ... #Differential #Diagnosis