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Simplified Approach to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
1) IS THIS AN EMERGENCY? 
Is there a dialysis indication
Simplified Approach ... there a dialysis indication ... require urgent nephrology ... 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 ... ANCA, Anti-GBM, C3 ... Pigment, Protein) • AIN ... Differential #Diagnosis #nephrology ... #causes #algorithm
Algorithmic Approach to Acute Interstitial Nephritis
When to suspect AIN? (not sensitive)
 • AKI, AKD, rapidly progressive
Algorithmic Approach ... sensitive) • AKI ... sterile pyuria, WBC casts ... proteinuria, granular casts ... #Algorithm #nephrology
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Workup Algorithm ... , Anti-ds-DNA, C3 ... #Workup #Algorithm ... Differential #Diagnosis #nephrology ... #causes
ACEI or ARB Initiation
Hyperkalemia:
 - Review concurrent drugs
 - Moderate potassium Intake
 - Consider: diuretics, sodium
ACEI or ARB Initiation ... >30% Increase In ... - Review for causes ... of AKI - Correct ... Initiation #monitoring #algorithm
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
Causes of Hyperkalemia - Reduced Excretion - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Reduced flow through distal nephron - TTKG
Causes of Hyperkalemia ... renal failure • AKI ... Aldosterone • ACEi ... IntercellularShift #Nephrology ... #Causes
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

S/Sx: Most pts asymptomatic. Weakness, cramping, nausea, paresthesias, palpitations,
: K+, ACEi/ARBs, ... , RTA Type IV, AI ... reabsorption) Workup ... only if no clear cause ... Treatment #potassium #nephrology