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

PRE-RENAL 
Impaired perfusion: 
•
Kidney Injury ( ... • Sepsis • Blood ... • Inflammatory disease ... • Infection ... #Kidney #Injury
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

PRE-Renal AKI:
 • Hypovolemia
 • Congestion
 • Medications
 •
Acute Kidney Injury ... Immune-complex disease ... Immune-mediated, Infection-mediated ... Bilateral ureteral disease ... #Kidney #Injury
Common causes of Acute Kidney Injury AKI - Differential Diagnosis
HEMODYNAMIC
 • Cardiac failure: Impaired forward flow,
Kidney Injury AKI ... thromboembolism, renal ... • Primary GNs: Disease ... Post-infectious ... Tubular Injury/
Atlas of Urine Microscopy Findings
 • Epithelial cells - Normal
 • Renal tubular cells - Acute
tubular cells - Acute ... tubular injury ... infection • Hyaline ... tubular injury ... key #diagnosis #nephrology
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) in Patients with Cancer 

Cancer Related 
• Hypercalcemia 
• Intravenous contrast 
•
Acute Kidney Injury ... LC deposition disease ... gammopathy of renal ... Minimal change disease ... malignancies Treatment
Urinary Casts and Disease Associations
Hyaline - May be nonspecific; seen in normal individuals or during severe
Urinary Casts and Disease ... casts are seen in acute ... Red blood cell ... Urinary tract infections ... tubulointerstitial nephritis, renal
Elevated Lactate Dehydrogenase (LDH) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

LDH is a cytoplasmic enzyme present in tissues throughout
concentrations in: RBCs ... deficiency of red blood ... : • Early acute ... • Toxins • Infection ... fever) • Drugs (alcohol
Hematuria - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Gross Hematuria: Red/Dark urine
 • 1ml blood/liter urine can induce color change
urine • 1ml blood ... Immune mediated injury ... of glomerular disease ... #nephrology #renal ... #urine #blood
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management Summary

Causes of Rhabdomyolysis:
 • Trauma:
	- Immobilization
	- Crush injury
	- Compartment
Statins - ETOH - Infection ... UA positive for blood ... Treatment: ... disease 2. ... #nephrology
Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure (ACLF) Clinical Guidelines

ACLF = possibly reversible condition in those with CLD (± cirrhosis)
months without treatment ... underlying liver disease ... Coagulation Failure Infections ... Alcohol-Associated ... Drug-Induced Liver Injury