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

PRE-RENAL 
Impaired perfusion: 
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Kidney Injury ( ... Cardiac failure • Sepsis ... • Blood loss ... Postrenal #Failure #Differential ... #Nephrology
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Prerenal:
 • Due to true volume loss or decreased
Acute Kidney Injury ... (AKI) - Differential ... effective arterial blood ... , hepatorenal, sepsis ... #Diagnosis #nephrology
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Acute Kidney Injury ... Investigations: full blood ... including blood ... #Kidney #Injury ... #Diagnosis #nephrology
Blood pressure management in acute ischemic stroke - Timeline
Candidate for tPA:
 - Goal SBP <185 AND
Blood pressure management ... in acute ischemic ... #Hypertension #CVA ... Bloodpressure #management ... ischemic #Timeline #neurology
Acute Kidney Injury - Differential Diagnosis Framework
PRERENAL:
 - Intrarenal vasoconstriction-hemodynamically mediated
 - Systemic vasodilation
 - Volume
Acute Kidney Injury ... - Differential ... Glomerular (red blood ... #Kidney #Injury ... #AKI #Differential
Shock Classification and Differential Diagnosis
SHOCK
 • MAP <65, SBP <90, drop in SBP > 40
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Classification and Differential ... / Low SVR • Sepsis ... Medications, Spinal Cord Injury ... < 8 • Blood Loss ... Classification #Differential
Stroke - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm and Management
Hemorrhagic:
 • Intracerebral: HTN, Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy, Trauma, Bleeding Diathesis,
Stroke - Differential ... Algorithm and Management ... Dysplasia, Moyamoya, Blood ... SCVMCMed #Stroke #CVA ... #neurology #treatment
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) in Patients with Cancer 

Cancer Related 
• Hypercalcemia 
• Intravenous contrast 
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Acute Kidney Injury ... Treatment Related • Sepsis ... cyclophosphamide) #Acute ... Cancer #Oncology #Differential ... Classification #Nephrology
Causes of HyperKalemia - Differential Diagnosis
Increased extracellular K+:
 • Tissue injury
 • Hemolysis
 • Rhabdomyolysis
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HyperKalemia - Differential ... K+: • Tissue injury ... glycosides • High acute ... dietary intake • Blood ... blockers - MCW Nephrology
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
Reversible course Differential ... syndrome, ADEM, Acute ... elevated white blood ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management ... #neurology