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Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Kidney Injury - AKI Workup ... osmolarity If cause ... #Injury #AKI #Workup ... #Diagnosis #nephrology ... #causes
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury ( AKI ) - Prerenal, Renal, and Postrenal

PRE-RENAL 
Impaired perfusion: 
•
Causes of Acute ... ) - Prerenal, Renal ... Cardiac failure • Sepsis ... Postrenal #Failure #Differential ... #Nephrology
Primary Metabolic Alkalosis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Volume Depleted - 2° hyperaldosteronism
 • Low Urine Cl-: Vomiting,
Metabolic Alkalosis - Differential ... hyperaldosteronism • High PRA: Renal ... Metabolic #Alkalosis #Differential ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Nephrology ... #Causes
Hypokalemia Differential Algorithm
Acidosis
 - RTA
 - Diarrhea
pH Normal 
 1. Decreased Mg 
 2. Intracellular Shift
Hypokalemia Differential ... Renal artery stenosis ... #Hypokalemia #Differential ... Algorithm #Diagnosis #Causes ... #Workup #Nephrology
Guide to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)

What to ask/look for: 
 - HPI, PMH, full ROS
- Urine Na/K/Cl ... rhabdo/TLS) Causes ... AcuteKidneyInjury #AKI #Nephrology ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes ... #Differential
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) in Patients with Cancer 

Cancer Related 
• Hypercalcemia 
• Intravenous contrast 
•
• Light chain (LC ... gammopathy of renal ... Treatment Related • Sepsis ... Cancer #Oncology #Differential ... Classification #Nephrology
Distal Renal Tubular Acidosis (RTA)  Type 1 

Totally scuppers the kidney's acidification mechanism. Will be
Distal Renal Tubular ... Distal #Diagnosis #Management ... #Nephrology #Causes ... #Differential #
Causes of Hypomagnesemia
 • Redistribution: IV glucose, Correction of diabetic ketoacidosis, IV hyperalimentation, Refeeding after starvation,
Causes of Hypomagnesemia ... sweating, burns, sepsis ... steatorrhea) • Renal ... #differential # ... diagnosis #nephrology
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Differentials? ... (AG) = {Na - (Cl ... salicylates) R Renal ... - Diarrhea - Renal ... Diagnosis #Summary #Nephrology
Peri-operative Hyperthermia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
If prolonged or ≥ 39 C this is a
anaesthesia • Sepsis ... #Hyperthermia #Differential ... #Causes #Anesthesiology ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management ... #Workup