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Urinary Casts and Disease Associations
Hyaline - May be nonspecific; seen in normal individuals or during severe
Urinary Casts and ... are seen in acute ... broad - Advanced kidney ... Fatty - Nephrotic syndrome ... #Casts #Differential
Common causes of Acute Kidney Injury AKI - Differential Diagnosis
HEMODYNAMIC
 • Cardiac failure: Impaired forward flow,
Kidney Injury AKI ... - Differential ... inhibitors, hepatorenal syndrome ... OBSTRUCTIVE • Urinary ... #Diagnosis #nephrology
Simplified Approach to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
1) IS THIS AN EMERGENCY? 
Is there a dialysis indication
Simplified Approach to Acute ... Kidney Injury ( ... circulating volume, Urinary ... PROBLEM ~80% of AKI cases ... , RBCs, casts, crystals
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) in Patients with Cancer 

Cancer Related 
• Hypercalcemia 
• Intravenous contrast 
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Acute Kidney Injury ... Light chain (LC) cast ... malignancies Treatment ... #Kidney #Injury ... Cancer #Oncology #Differential
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Acute increase
Kidney Injury (AKI ... ) - Differential ... Kidney Injury ( ... • Hepatorenal syndromes ... Epithelial cell casts
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Acute Kidney Injury ... urine microscopy / urinary ... calcium Optional: urinary ... • Cardio-renal syndrome ... #Kidney #Injury
Guide to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)

What to ask/look for: 
 - HPI, PMH, full ROS
Guide to Acute Kidney ... pre-renal) - Urinary ... Atheroemboli — 1% #AcuteKidneyInjury ... #AKI #Nephrology ... Algorithm #Causes #Differential
Hypophosphatemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Appropriately Low Kidney Phosphate Excretion:
 • Decreased GI Absorption: Chronic Diarrhea, Antacids,
Hypophosphatemia - Differential ... Appropriately Low Kidney ... , Acute Respiratory ... Inappropriately High Kidney ... • N Vitamin D: Primary
Diuretics and Agents Regulating Renal Excretion

Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors (Acetazolamide, Dichlorphenamide)
 • Glaucoma
 • Epilepsy
 • Altitude
Torsemide) • Acute ... disease • Primary ... hyperaldosteronism • Acute ... Tolvaptan) • Treatment ... Excretion #Diuresis #Nephrology
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
- Summary Acute ... Epidemiology: • 1-2 cases ... , bradycardia, urinary ... variants: (1) acute ... #neurology