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Definitions of AKI, CKD, AKD
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI):
 • Increase in SCr by 2 50% within
, AKD Acute Kidney ... Disease (CKD): ... per 1.73 m2 • Stable ... /CKD • No structural ... damage #AKI #CKD
Selected Clinical Trials of SGLT2 inhibitors in CVD and CKD
EMPA-REG OUTCOME - Empagliflozin lowered CV events
and CKD EMPA-REG ... lowered adverse kidney ... lowered adverse kidney ... visualabstract #table ... #CVD #CKD
The GFR Clock for Staging CKD

Staging CKD is most frequently done by calculating the estimated glomerular
Clock for Staging CKD ... Staging CKD is ... the estimated glomerular ... as a proxy for kidney ... filtered in the kidney
Patient factors influencing the selection Of glucose-lowering drugs Other than SGLT2i and metformin in T2D and
metformin in T2D and CKD ... . chronic kidney ... eGFR. estimated glomerular ... , #KDIGO2020 #CKD ... Management in CKD
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Prerenal:
 • Due to true volume loss or decreased
Acute Kidney Injury ... damage to the glomeruli ... tract system • Cellular ... debris • Kidney ... LouLectures #Acute #Kidney
Causes of Hyperuricemia
Increased production
 • Solid-organ transplant
 • Tumor lysis syndrome
 • Rhabdomyolysis
 • Lesch Nyhan
Functionally normal kidneys ... ciclosporin)-reduced glomerular ... Associated with chronic kidney ... disease (CKD) stages ... protein in the kidney
Causes of Chronic Kidney Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Decreased kidney function (eGFR < 60 ml/min/1.73 m2)
Causes of Chronic Kidney ... Algorithm Decreased kidney ... • Polycystic kidney ... Atherosclerosis Glomerular ... Hyperphosphatemia #CKD
Causes of Hematuria - Differential Diagnosis
Renal:
 - Glomerular - IgA Nephropathy, Thin basement membrane, Alport syndrome,
Diagnosis Renal: - Glomerular ... Structural - Cysts - PKD ... Medullary sponge kidney
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
 •
Vasculitis - Skin, glomeruli ... Polyarteritis Nodosa: - Kidneys ... : glomerular ischemia ... Kidneys -> glomerulonephritis ... • ANA (Suggest CTD
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
with previously stable ... disturbance, or acute kidney ... parenchymal disease: CKD