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Hematuria - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Gross Hematuria: Red/Dark urine
 • 1ml blood/liter urine can induce color change
• 1ml blood/liter ... Immune mediated injury ... Causes of Hematuria ... BPH • Prostate cancer ... #urine #blood
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Acute Kidney Injury ... - AKI Workup Algorithm ... microscopy / urinary ... osmolarity If cause ... #Injury #AKI #Workup
Guide to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)

What to ask/look for: 
 - HPI, PMH, full ROS
Guide to Acute Kidney ... Injury (AKI) ... UOP/weights - Urine ... Liano 1996) - ATN ... CKD— 13% (mostly ATN
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) in Patients with Cancer 

Cancer Related 
• Hypercalcemia 
• Intravenous contrast 
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Acute Kidney Injury ... (AKI) in Patients ... gammopathy of renal ... Cisplatin • ATN ... #Injury #AKI #Cancer
Common causes of Acute Kidney Injury AKI - Differential Diagnosis
HEMODYNAMIC
 • Cardiac failure: Impaired forward flow,
Common causes of ... Acute Kidney Injury ... fibrosis, cervical cancer ... /Necrosis (ATN) ... Interstitial Nephritis (AIN
Simplified Approach to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
1) IS THIS AN EMERGENCY? 
Is there a dialysis indication
Approach to Acute Kidney ... Injury (AKI) 1 ... IMPROVEMENT If the urine ... Assess UA w/ microscopy ... etiologies due to ATN
Hematuria in Post-Renal Transplant Patient
Prevalence up to 12% in the postrenal transplant patient
 • Bacterial: Escherichia
Hematuria in Post-Renal ... carcinoma (native kidney ... carcinoma., Prostate cancer ... #blood #urine # ... management #treatment
Urinalysis & Urine Sodium 
Theophilus Protospatharius, a seventh-century physician who wrote the first manuscript focused exclusively
Microscopic exam ... Acute Kidney Injury ... (AKI) FE Na < ... Tubular Necrosis (ATN ... #hematuria
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Acute increase
Kidney Injury (AKI ... Injury (AKI) - ... Acute increase in ... polyangiitis /microscopic ... Constipation • Prostate Cancer
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management Summary

Causes of Rhabdomyolysis:
 • Trauma:
	- Immobilization
	- Crush injury
	- Compartment
Management Summary Causes ... UA positive for blood ... + myoglobin AKI ... nephrotoxicity to kidney ... hyperkalemia or ATN