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Common causes of Acute Kidney Injury AKI - Differential Diagnosis
HEMODYNAMIC
 • Cardiac failure: Impaired forward flow,
Common causes of ... Kidney Injury AKI ... Disease process primarily ... Koratala @NephroP #AKI ... #causes #Acute
Adrenal Insufficiency Diagnosis Algorithm - Evaluation of HPA Axis Response to ACTH

Early am cortisol < 3
ACTH Early am ... diagnostic of primary ... unclear (often the case ... suggests EITHER primary ... ACTH: - High = primary
Primary Adrenal Insufficiency
Addison's Disease - Damage of the adrenal glands with lack of cortisol, androgens and
Primary Adrenal ... Tuberculosis: can cause ... sodium, potassium, AM ... AI present - ... AI present -
Simplified Approach to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
1) IS THIS AN EMERGENCY? 
Is there a dialysis indication
Kidney Injury (AKI ... circulating volume, Urinary ... PROBLEM ~80% of AKI ... cases are caused ... CONSIDER INTRINSIC CAUSES
Hypertension and Altered Mental Status (AMS) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Hypertension:
 • Hypertensive emergency
 • Hypertensive encephalopathy
Mental Status (AMS ... s syndrome • Primary ... Scleroderma renal crises ... #Hypertension #AMS ... Differential #Diagnosis #causes
Guide to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)

What to ask/look for: 
 - HPI, PMH, full ROS
Kidney Injury (AKI ... rhabdo/TLS) Causes ... of Inpatient AKI ... pre-renal) - Urinary ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Primary and Secondary Causes of Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Primary (Essential) (95%) - Onset between age
Primary and Secondary ... Causes of Hypertension ... Hypertension Secondary Causes ... disease - CKD, AKI ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #causes
Polyuria - Differential Diagnosis
Solute Diuresis
 • Na intake/saline
 • Glucosuria: Hyperglycemia, SGLT-2 inhibitors
 • Urea: Exogenous
Resolution of AKI ... Water Diuresis • Primary ... Differential #Diagnosis #Causes
Schematic representation of the major sources of ammonia production and its excretory pathway (GI = gastrointestinal,
although hepatic causes ... namely, the many causes ... Portosystemic shunts - Urinary ... myeloma, CML, AML ... syndrome (Peds) - Primary
Primary Metabolic Alkalosis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Volume Depleted - 2° hyperaldosteronism
 • Low Urine Cl-: Vomiting,
Primary Metabolic ... Adenoma, BAH, AME ... renin activity; AME ... Algorithm #Nephrology #Causes