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Definitions of AKI, CKD, AKD
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI):
 • Increase in SCr by 2 50% within
, CKD, AKD Acute ... Chronic Kidney Disease ... Kidney Diseases ... /AKD/CKD • No ... #nephrology #acute
Algorithmic Approach to Acute Interstitial Nephritis
When to suspect AIN? (not sensitive)
 • AKI, AKD, rapidly progressive
Algorithmic Approach ... to Acute Interstitial ... sensitive) • AKI ... , AKD, rapidly progressive ... CKD of unclear
Guide to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)

What to ask/look for: 
 - HPI, PMH, full ROS
Guide to Acute Kidney ... /CKD - Recent ... - Pre-renal disease ... Glomerulonephritis or vasculitis ... Nephrology #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Acute Kidney Injury - Classification
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration
 • Heart failure (a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome)
 • Liver failure
- Small vessel vasculitis ... - Post-infectious ... prolonged prerenal AKI ... Urinary tract infection ... EricsMedicalLectures/ #AKI
Approaches to Evaluating Kidney Disease in Patients with HIV Infection #Pathophys #Nephro #IM #HIV #CKD #AKI
Evaluating Kidney Disease ... Patients with HIV Infection ... Nephro #IM #HIV #CKD ... #AKI #NEJM
Approach to Thrombocytosis - Elevated Platelet Count - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Peripheral Smear concerning for malignancy?
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Inflammatory Conditions: Rheumatologic ... , Vasculitides, ... IBD, Celiac disease ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Purpura - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Non-blanchable, dark red to purple, hemorrhagic skin lesions that result from leakage
Splenomegaly - CTD ... SLE) - Viral infections ... - APLS • Acute ... Infectious Purpura ... #rheumatology #
Hepatorenal Syndrome (HRS) - Diagnostic Criteria
HRS-AKI (Acute: previously known as HRS Type 1)
 • ↑ Creatinine
(Acute: previously ... (Non-Acute: previously ... Type 2) • HRS-AKD ... cause of kidney disease ... ascites • HRS-CKD
Causes of Polyneuropathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Metabolic: DM, Hypothyroidism, CKD, Cirrhosis, Nutritional deficiency
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Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Hypothyroidism, CKD ... Inflammatory: - Infectious ... Leprosy - Non-Infectious ... RA, Sjogren’s), Vasculitis
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Pre-Renal:
 • Hypovolemia, Cardiorenal, Distributive Shock, HRS, Hypercalcemia, Renal
Acute Kidney Injury ... (AKI) - Differential ... Emboli, Thrombosis, Vasculitis ... AIN: Medication, Infection ... nephrology #causes #algorithm