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Guide to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)

What to ask/look for: 
 - HPI, PMH, full ROS
Kidney Injury (AKI ... ) What to ask ... - TTE/liver fxn? ... disease — 21% - AKI ... #Nephrology #Diagnosis
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) in Patients with Cancer 

Cancer Related 
• Hypercalcemia 
• Intravenous contrast 
•
Kidney Injury (AKI ... malignancies Treatment ... Kidney #Injury #AKI ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... Classification #Nephrology
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Kidney Injury - AKI ... and Differential Diagnosis ... investigations abnormal ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #nephrology #causes
Acute Kidney Injury - Classification
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration
 • Heart failure (a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome)
 • Liver failure
cardiorenal syndrome) • Liver ... prolonged prerenal AKI ... EricsMedicalLectures/ #AKI ... Classification #diagnosis ... #nephrology
Congenital Nystagmus on Physical Exam
These abnormal eye movements were found in a patient with albinism. What
Physical Exam These abnormal ... Diagnosis: Congenital ... Cooper Neurology ... Congenital #Nystagmus #PhysicalExam ... clinical #video #neurology
The head impulse test (HIT) result is positive (abnormal) in nearly all patients with a peripheral
result is positive (abnormal ... and negative (normal ... #Diagnosis #PhysicalExam ... #Neurology #AVS
Asterixis on Physical Exam

Asterixis, aka liver flap, indicates at least Grade 2 hepatic encephalopathy in a
Exam Asterixis, aka ... liver flap, indicates ... drkeithsiau #Asterixis #PhysicalExam ... cirrhosis #flap #neurology
Adie's Pupil
What? Unknown nature & benign
 • Regular and mildly dilated pupil (4-6mm);
 • Light-near dissociaton;
reexposed to light; • Normal ... females Differential Diagnosis ... Ill Palsy - abnormal ... #Adies #Pupil #PhysicalExam ... #neurology #ophthalmology
Physiologic Approach to Hypotonic Hyponatremia
The next time you have a case of hypotonic hyponatremia, give the
remember than the normal ... deficiency, Post-AKI ... Renal Losses (AKI ... #differential #diagnosis ... table #sodium #nephrology
Hypernatremia Diagnosis and Workup

Step 1 . Repeat the sodium concentration.
Step 2.  Check plasma osmolality.
NORMAL PLASMA
Hypernatremia Diagnosis ... NORMAL PLASMA OSMOLALITY ... HYPERVOLEMIC • CHF • liver ... Hypernatremia #Diagnosis ... Workup #Algorithm #Nephrology