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Guide to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)

What to ask/look for: 
 - HPI, PMH, full ROS
Kidney Injury (AKI ... Nephrotoxins (NSAlDs, contrast ... Causes of Inpatient AKI ... disease — 21% - AKI ... Nephrology #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Causes of Solid or Cystic Renal Mass - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Solid Renal Mass:
 • Benign <3
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... on ultrasound/CT ... contrast • Suspicious ... contrast #Solid ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Pre-Renal:
 • Hypovolemia, Cardiorenal, Distributive Shock, HRS, Hypercalcemia, Renal
Kidney Injury (AKI ... Ischemia, Toxin (Med, Contrast ... Medicine @SCVMCMed #AKI ... nephrology #causes #algorithm
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Acute increase
Kidney Injury (AKI ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Kidney Injury (AKI ... hypotension) • Toxins (contrast ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Signs of Pulmonary Hypertension on Chest CT
 • Main PA is dilated and larger than the
Hypertension on Chest CT ... the ascending aorta ... 0.9 - 1.0 • Contrast
How do you work up an ischemic CVA?
A) Initial Evaluation
 • ABCs
 • IV access, monitor
NIHSS) • Non-contrast ... CT (NCCT) head ... MRI brain w/o contrast ... suspicion) • +/- bubble ... Defined if 1) CT
Malignant Adrenal Mass - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Suggestive of Malignancy: Inhomogenous Density, Delay in CT Contrast Washout
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Density, Delay in CT ... Contrast Washout ... Hounsfeld Units on CT ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Aortoenteric Fistula - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
• Uncommon but life-threatening
• Most common site of bowel connection
de novo between aorta ... • CT findings ... or within the aorta ... extravasation of contrast
CT scan with IV contrast showing acute Stanford type A dissection of the ascending aorta. The
CT scan with IV ... contrast showing ... the ascending aorta
Causes of Cystic Renal Mass - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Benign - Anechoic on ultrasound, Well-demarcated on ultrasound/CT,
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... on ultrasound/CT ... contrast - Simple ... contrast - Carcinoma ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm