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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
Cholecystitis - Diagnosis and Management Overview
Types - Acute Calculous, Acalculous, Xanthogranulomatous (chronic)
Complications 
 - Gangrenous (most
Cholecystitis - Diagnosis ... and Management Overview ... Types - Acute ... Treatment ... #Management #Treatment
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 #
Aplastic Anemia - Illness Script
Signs and symptoms:
 • Recurrent infections from neutropenia
 • Mucosal bleeding from
Symptomatic anemia Diagnosis ... megaloblastic anemia Treatment ... (transfusions, antibiotics ... progress to MDS or acute ... #management #treatment
Scleritis, Episcleritis Pearls
-Scleritis is characterized by significant pain, pain with eye movement, vision loss, and vessels
steroids +/- topical antibiotics ... does not require acute ... treatment. ... #Diagnosis #Ophthalmology
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) in Patients with Cancer 

Cancer Related 
• Hypercalcemia 
• Intravenous contrast 
•
Acute Kidney Injury ... malignancies Treatment ... Cisplatin • ATN ... cyclophosphamide) #Acute ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Oroya Fever
Hematologic disease caused by Bartonella bacilliformis
Restricted to the Andes highlands of Peru & Ecuador
B. bacilliformis:
Nodular → Mular DIAGNOSIS ... : ​• Acute phase ... TREATMENT: ​• Acute ... Supportive and antibiotics ... #Oroya #Fever #diagnosis
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Management Principles
Prerenal - Correct hemodynamic derangements:
 • If low preload →
Acute Kidney Injury ... underlying disease • ATN ... → No specific treatment ... Foley • UTI → Antibiotics ... Kidney #Injury #treatment