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Differential Diagnosis of Acute Kidney Injury 

#Diagnosis #Nephrology #AKI #Acute #KidneyInjury #Causes #Differential #Workup #Algorithm #Ddxof
Differential Diagnosis ... #Nephrology #AKI ... #KidneyInjury #Causes ... #Differential #Workup ... #Algorithm #Ddxof
Hematuria Workup and Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Confirm hematuria → Urinalysis >3 RBCs/HPF, exclude mimics, repeat testing
Hematuria Workup ... and Diagnosis Algorithm ... unilateral flank pain ... if cause not identified ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Algorithm for the Evaluation and Management of Sickle Cell Crises
Clinical Manifestations and Management

#Diagnosis #Management #Hematology #SickleCell
of Sickle Cell Crises ... Management #Diagnosis ... #Management #Hematology ... Manifestations #Workup ... #Algorithm #Ddxof
Algorithmic Approach to Acute Interstitial Nephritis
When to suspect AIN? (not sensitive)
 • AKI, AKD, rapidly progressive
Algorithmic Approach ... sterile pyuria, WBC casts ... eosinophiluria, microscopic hematuria ... #Algorithm #nephrology ... #diagnosis
Simplified Approach to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
1) IS THIS AN EMERGENCY? 
Is there a dialysis indication
Simplified Approach ... require urgent nephrology ... are caused by prerenal ... KidneyInjury #simplified #workup ... #diagnosis #nephrology
Nephritic vs Nephrotic Syndrome

Step 1: If the patient has hematuria and/or proteinuria, think about nephrotic/nephritic syndromes.
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the patient has hematuria ... (RBC casts or dysmorphic ... RBCs in urine)? ... Syndrome #Comparison #Algorithm ... #Nephrology #Diagnosis
Erythroderma - Diagnostic Algorithm. Pathophysiology: 1) Extensive cutaneous capillary dilation, results in widespread exfoliation of the
Erythroderma - Diagnostic ... Algorithm. ... Causes: 1) Exfoliative ... #Dermatology #Rash ... #Differential #Ddxof
Suggested diagnostic approach to a patient with exudative ascites. Low ascitic fluid protein should direct practitioners
approach to a patient ... syndrome as a cause ... Although nonhepatic causes ... , particularly in ... #workup #algorithm
Algorithm - Approach to the differential diagnosis of the patient presenting with overt glomerular proteinuria. CMV
Algorithm - Approach ... In each diagnosis ... Nephrocalcinosis causes ... Hematuria may be ... nephrotic #syndrome #nephrology
TTP - Laboratory Evaluation for Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura

Activity of von Willebrand factor-cleaving protease activity - A
activity is the diagnostic ... most cases; hemorrhage ... proteinuria and hematuria ... (without casts) ... #Workup #Hematology