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Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Pre-Renal:
 • Hypovolemia, Cardiorenal, Distributive Shock, HRS, Hypercalcemia, Renal
Acute Kidney Injury ... (AKI) - Differential ... Abdominal Compartment Syndrome ... , Medications Intra-Renal ... Diagnosis #nephrology
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

PRE-Renal AKI:
 • Hypovolemia
 • Congestion
 • Medications
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Acute Kidney Injury ... (AKI) - Differential ... Congestion • Medications ... #Kidney #Injury ... Diagnosis #nephrology
Indications for Albumin for Management of Cirrhosis
 • Large volume paracentesis (>5 liter) - 8g per
Indications for ... ascites removed • Acute ... kidney injury ( ... • Hepatorenal syndrome ... terlipressin #Albumin #Indications
Acute Kidney Injury - Classification
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration
 • Heart failure (a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome)
 • Liver failure
Acute Kidney Injury ... a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome ... a.k.a. hepatorenal syndrome ... tract infection • Medications ... #Kidney #Injury
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Acute Kidney Injury ... syndrome: troponin ... CK-MB, NT-proBNP, cardiac ... imaging #Acute ... #Kidney #Injury
Causes of HyperKalemia - Differential Diagnosis
Increased extracellular K+:
 • Tissue injury
 • Hemolysis
 • Rhabdomyolysis
 •
HyperKalemia - Differential ... K+: • Tissue injury ... • Tumor lysis syndrome ... glycosides • High acute ... blockers - MCW Nephrology
Causes of Acute Pericarditis:

Infectious;

Viral: 
Adenovirus 
Coxsackie virus A and B 
Echovirus 
Epstein-Barr virus 
Hepatitis 
Human immunodeficiency
Causes of Acute ... Cardiac injury ... (e.g., cardiac ... - related Medication ... #Pericarditis #Differential
Causes of Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy (SUDI) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Congenital Anomaly / Disorder:
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Anomaly • Cardiac ... Arrhythmia • Neurologic ... Gastrointestinal infection Injury ... Accidental* Other: • Acute ... Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
Common causes of Acute Kidney Injury AKI - Differential Diagnosis
HEMODYNAMIC
 • Cardiac failure: Impaired forward flow,
Kidney Injury AKI ... - Differential ... HEMODYNAMIC • Cardiac ... inhibitors, hepatorenal syndrome ... Tubular Injury/
Shock - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 - MAP <65. SBP <90, drop in SBP > 40
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Failure, Toxins/Medications ... , Spinal Cord Injury ... Pneumothorax, Cardiac ... Abdominal compartment syndrome ... algorithm #treatment #management