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Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) in Patients with Cancer 

Cancer Related 
• Hypercalcemia 
• Intravenous contrast 
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Acute Kidney Injury ... deposition disease ... Minimal change disease ... • Hematologic ... #Oncology #Differential
Acute Kidney Injury - Classification
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration
 • Heart failure (a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome)
 • Liver failure
Acute Kidney Injury ... cardiorenal syndrome) • Liver ... - Hypertensive ... necrosis (causes: sepsis ... #AKI #Acute #Kidney
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
Acute Liver Injury ... - Differential ... cardiac muscle, kidneys ... #differential # ... diagnosis #algorithm #hepatology
Causes of Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis
Hepatocellular - Liver Parenchyma
 • Infectious: Hepatitis C, A,
Injury - Differential ... Syndrome, Celiac Disease ... • Infectious: Sepsis ... #Injury #Differential ... Acute #algorithm #hepatology
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury ( AKI ) - Prerenal, Renal, and Postrenal

PRE-RENAL 
Impaired perfusion: 
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Causes of Acute Kidney ... Injury ( AKI ) ... • Prolonged hypotension ... • Inflammatory disease ... Postrenal #Failure #Differential
The Liver Consult Primer - Guide to calling a consult
HPI:
 - Start with reason for consult
The Liver Consult ... disease work up ... - Episodes of hypotension ... , shock, sepsis, ... Calling #Referral #Hepatology
Causes of Portal Hypertension According to Site of Vascular Obstruction
1) Prehepatic pre-sinusoidal: Portal vein thrombosis due
Causes of Portal Hypertension ... thrombosis due to sepsis ... Cirrhosis, Polycystic liver ... portalhypertension #phtn #differential ... diagnosis #causes #hepatology
Guide to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)

What to ask/look for: 
 - HPI, PMH, full ROS
Guide to Acute Kidney ... Injury (AKI) ... - Recent hypo/hypertension ... - TTE/liver fxn? ... - Pre-renal disease
Liver Chemistries - Interpretation of LFTs

R-value: Serum (ALT/ULN ALT) / (Alk phos/ULN ALP)
 • R >
of cholestatic disease ... disease: > 2 ... Cardiac muscle, Kidneys ... chemistry #diagnosis #differential ... #Hepatology #transaminitis
Causes of Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Disorders - Differential Diagnosis and Workup
History:
 - Prior platelet count, family
Diagnosis and Workup ... disease, decrease ... disease), HBsAg ... - Bone marrow evaluation ... #hematology