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Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Acute Kidney Injury ... , urine microscopy ... osmolarity If cause ... cardiac imaging #Acute ... #causes
Sulfa Crystals on Urine Microscopy
Sulfa Crystal!  Drug-induced crystalluria is a cause of acute renal failure
Microscopy Sulfa ... crystalluria is a cause ... of acute renal ... Especially sulfonamides are ... #clinical #nephrology
Simplified Approach to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
1) IS THIS AN EMERGENCY? 
Is there a dialysis indication
Simplified Approach to Acute ... require urgent nephrology ... are caused by prerenal ... IMPROVEMENT If the urine ... Assess UA w/ microscopy
Guide to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)

What to ask/look for: 
 - HPI, PMH, full ROS
Guide to Acute Kidney ... - Urinalysis/microscopy ... UOP/weights - Urine ... AcuteKidneyInjury #AKI #Nephrology ... #Differential
Urinary Casts and Disease Associations
Hyaline - May be nonspecific; seen in normal individuals or during severe
and concentrated urine ... are seen in acute ... #Differential # ... Microscopy #Diagnosis ... #Nephrology
Urine Microscopy - Casts
Acellular Casts
 • Hyaline Casts - Consists of only precipitated Tamm-Horsfell protein without
Urine Microscopy ... suggestive of acute ... non-infectious) - Dr ... #Urine #Microscopy ... #nephrology #interpretation
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury ( AKI ) - Prerenal, Renal, and Postrenal

PRE-RENAL 
Impaired perfusion: 
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Causes of Acute ... and Postrenal PRE-RENAL ... Impaired perfusion ... Postrenal #Failure #Differential ... #Nephrology
Algorithm - Approach to the differential diagnosis of the patient presenting with overt glomerular proteinuria. CMV
Approach to the differential ... arbitrarily defined as urine ... pain, pleural effusion ... Nephrocalcinosis causes ... nephrotic #syndrome #nephrology
Pulmonary Pathology and Associated Lung Ultrasound Findings
Pneumothorax:
 - No lung sliding/barcode sign
 - Lung point (hard
Associated Lung Ultrasound ... Reduced lung sliding due ... pleura in severe cases ... the severity Acute ... #pulmonary #differential
Oncologic Emergencies - Differential Diagnosis Framework

HEMATOLOGIC ONCOLOGIC EMERGENCIES:
Hyperviscosity Syndrome:
 • Spontaneous bleeding
 • Shortness of breath
Emergencies - Differential ... of breath • Neurologic ... Malignant Pericardial Effusion ... Hyperuricemia • Acute ... Vomiting, decreased urine