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Guide to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)

What to ask/look for: 
 - HPI, PMH, full ROS
UOP/weights - Urine ... protein/Cr - Renal ... Liano 1996) - ATN ... CKD— 13% (mostly ATN ... and pre-renal)
Hematuria - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Gross Hematuria: Red/Dark urine
 • 1ml blood/liter urine can induce color change
: Red/Dark urine ... 1ml blood/liter urine ... more RBC/HPF spun urine ... examination of urine ... #urine #blood
General approach to AKI - Checklist

Urine electrolytes & FENa - Previously, it was believed that urine
General approach to AKI ... - Checklist Urine ... differentiate between pre-renal ... and intrinsic renal ... @PulmCrit #AKI
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury - Differential Diagnosis Framework 
Pre-Renal
Post-Renal
Intrinsic Renal:
 • Tubules (ATN)
 • Glomerular:
Framework Pre-Renal ... Post-Renal Intrinsic ... Renal: • Tubules ... (ATN) • Glomerular ... drtonydang @CMC_IM #AKI
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) in Patients with Cancer 

Cancer Related 
• Hypercalcemia 
• Intravenous contrast 
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Kidney Injury (AKI ... gammopathy of renal ... malignancies Treatment ... Cisplatin • ATN ... Kidney #Injury #AKI
Hematuria Workup and Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Confirm hematuria → Urinalysis >3 RBCs/HPF, exclude mimics, repeat testing
Hematuria Workup ... Algorithm • Confirm hematuria ... WBCs, or urine ... Nephrology for renal ... uw_IMresidency #Hematuria
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Kidney Injury - AKI ... differential, urine ... dipstick, urine ... osmolarity If cause of AKI ... Kidney #Injury #AKI
Hematuria in Post-Renal Transplant Patient
Prevalence up to 12% in the postrenal transplant patient
 • Bacterial: Escherichia
Hematuria in Post-Renal ... TheIDtrivia #Hematuria ... #Renal #Transplant ... kidney #blood #urine ... #management #treatment
Urinalysis & Urine Sodium 
Theophilus Protospatharius, a seventh-century physician who wrote the first manuscript focused exclusively
Urinalysis & Urine ... used with normal renal ... Kidney Injury (AKI ... Tubular Necrosis (ATN ... casts #glucosuria #hematuria
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Pre-Renal:
 • Hypovolemia, Cardiorenal, Distributive Shock, HRS, Hypercalcemia, Renal
Kidney Injury (AKI ... Framework Pre-Renal ... Hypercalcemia, Renal ... C3/C4, Other • ATN ... Medicine @SCVMCMed #AKI