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Acute Kidney Injury - Classification
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration
 • Heart failure (a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome)
 • Liver failure
Kidney Injury - Classification ... a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome ... - TTP/HUS • Glomerular ... tubular necrosis (causes ... : sepsis, meds,
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Pre-Renal:
 • Hypovolemia, Cardiorenal, Distributive Shock, HRS, Hypercalcemia, Renal
Abdominal Compartment Syndrome ... GN: ANCA, Anti-GBM ... , C3/C4, Other ... Diagnosis #nephrology #causes ... #algorithm
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Workup Algorithm ... osmolarity If cause ... ANCA, ANA, Anti-GBM ... , Anti-ds-DNA, C3 ... Diagnosis #nephrology #causes
Membranoproliferative Glomerulonephritis (MPGN) AKA: Mesangiocapillary GN
 • Active Urine Sediment (dysmorphic RBC, RBC casts, +/- proteinuria)
dysmorphic RBC, RBC casts ... formation along glomerular ... complement pathway • C3 ... immune deposits on EM ... anti-phospholipid syndrome
Algorithm - Approach to the differential diagnosis of the patient presenting with overt glomerular proteinuria. CMV
Algorithm - Approach ... Cytomegalovirus; GBM ... hemolytic-uremic syndrome ... cell/white cell casts ... Nephrocalcinosis causes