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

PRE-RENAL 
Impaired perfusion: 
•
Kidney Injury ( AKI ... • Sepsis • ... Inflammatory disease • Infection ... #Differential # ... Nephrology **
General approach to AKI - Checklist

Urine electrolytes & FENa - Previously, it was believed that urine
- Checklist ... FENa) could help differentiate ... intrinsic renal failure ... for diagnosing acute ... #Nephrology #CriticalCare
Acute Kidney Injury - Classification
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration
 • Heart failure (a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome)
 • Liver failure
Dehydration • Heart failure ... syndrome) • Liver failure ... disease - Post-infectious ... necrosis (causes: sepsis ... prolonged prerenal AKI
Common causes of Acute Kidney Injury AKI - Differential Diagnosis
HEMODYNAMIC
 • Cardiac failure: Impaired forward flow,
Kidney Injury AKI ... - Differential ... HEMODYNAMIC • Cardiac failure ... fibrosis, cervical cancer ... Post-infectious
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) in Patients with Cancer 

Cancer Related 
• Hypercalcemia 
• Intravenous contrast 
•
Acute Kidney Injury ... (AKI) in Patients ... Treatment Related • Sepsis ... Kidney #Injury #AKI ... #Differential #
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Acute increase
Kidney Injury (AKI ... ) - Differential ... allopurinol, PPI) • Infections ... Constipation • Prostate Cancer ... #Nephrology #Differential
Shock Overview
A state of tissue hypoxia due to decreased or dysregulated oxygen delivery or extraction, resulting
Inflammatory: infectious ... (sepsis) or not ... meds • Other: AI ... management #Overview #criticalcare ... #differential #
Shock Overview
A state of tissue hypoxia due to decreased or dysregulated oxygen delivery or extraction, resulting
Inflammatory: infectious ... (sepsis) or not ... meds • Other: AI ... management #Overview #criticalcare ... #differential #
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
may precede the neurologic ... disease, Cancer ... agents, Renal failure ... Reversible course Differential ... syndrome, ADEM, Acute