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Simplified Approach to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
1) IS THIS AN EMERGENCY? 
Is there a dialysis indication
Simplified Approach ... Kidney Injury (AKI ... there a dialysis indication ... CONSIDER INTRINSIC CAUSES ... KidneyInjury #simplified #workup
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Pre-Renal:
 • Hypovolemia, Cardiorenal, Distributive Shock, HRS, Hypercalcemia, Renal
Kidney Injury (AKI ... Compartment Syndrome, Medications ... ANCA, Anti-GBM, C3 ... Diagnosis #nephrology #causes ... #algorithm
Causes of Adrenal Insufficiency - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
ACTH-Dependent (Secondary):
 • Pituitary Dysfunction
 • Hypothalamic Dysfunction
ACTH-Independent (Primary):
Causes of Adrenal ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Insufficiency #AI ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Causes #endocrinology
Primary and Secondary Causes of Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Primary (Essential) (95%) - Onset between age
and Secondary Causes ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... taken at home, work ... or when using an ... disease - CKD, AKI
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
Hypertension - Workup ... Differential Diagnosis Approach ... Vasculitis • Endocrinologic ... #Hypertension #Workup ... #Diagnosis #indications
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

S/Sx: Most pts asymptomatic. Weakness, cramping, nausea, paresthesias, palpitations,
Weakness, cramping, nausea ... Etiology: • Medications ... , RTA Type IV, AI ... reabsorption) Workup ... only if no clear cause
Posterior Knee Dislocation Injury
Specifically, POSTERIOR KNEE DISLOCATIONS can have significant associated injury that needs unique approach
that needs unique approach ... and workup. ... : ~25% cases. ... Brachial Index (ABI ... FOR: Sensation in
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