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Causes of Acute Kidney Injury ( AKI ) - Prerenal, Renal, and Postrenal

PRE-RENAL 
Impaired perfusion: 
•
Causes of Acute ... Kidney Injury ( ... Cardiac failure • Sepsis ... #Kidney #Injury ... Postrenal #Failure #Differential
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Acute Kidney Injury ... osmolarity If cause ... investigations depending on clinical ... cardiac imaging #Acute ... #Kidney #Injury
Septic infarct in the upper pole of the right kidney secondary to Staphylococcus aureus endocarditis

35-year-old male.
Staphylococcus aureus endocarditis ... Staphylococcus aureus endocarditis ... associated with acute ... #Renal #POCUS # ... Staphylococcus #aureus #Clinical
Causes of Peripheral Edema - Differential Diagnosis
Increased Hydrostatic Pressure
 • Volume Expansion: Kidney failure, Pregnancy, Medication
Causes of Peripheral ... Edema - Differential ... Volume Expansion: Kidney ... prednisone, NSAIDs), Acute ... Permeability: Sepsis
Hyperglycemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Diabetes Mellitus:
 • Impaired Glucose Tolerance
 • Type I Diabetes
 • Type
Hyperglycemia - Differential ... agonists • Others Critical ... Surgery, Burns, Sepsis ... • Shock • Acute ... endocrinology #causes
Generalized Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Framework
"l feel weak":
 • Infectious: Influenza, EBV, PNA, Bacteremia, Sepsis
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Generalized Weakness - Differential ... PNA, Bacteremia, Sepsis ... • Kidneys: CKD ... Rhabdomyolysis, Critical ... #Diagnosis #causes
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
Pulse Pressure - Differential ... Physiologic Causes ... Vasoplegia • Sepsis ... Diagnoses: • Acute ... • Infective Endocarditis
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
Hypertension - Workup and Differential ... An acute rise or ... kidney injury). ... 109 mm Hg) with clinical ... #Differential #
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
Lactic Acidosis - Differential ... / hypoxemia -> focus ... cardiac output - Acute ... peritonitis - Acute ... Acidosis #Elevation #Differential
Portal venous gas on hepatic ultrasound: A concerning finding in the critically ill patient that should
reflection on the differential ... intra-abdominal sepsis ... variety of other causes ... hepatology #liver #pocus ... #clinical #air