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Causes of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Acute increase
Differential Diagnosis ... Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis ... Acute Interstitial Nephritis ... #KidneyInjury #Nephrology ... Diagnosis #Algorithm
Guide to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)

What to ask/look for: 
 - HPI, PMH, full ROS
Guide to Acute Kidney ... related) - Glomerulonephritis ... #AKI #Nephrology ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Causes #Differential
Common causes of Acute Kidney Injury AKI - Differential Diagnosis
HEMODYNAMIC
 • Cardiac failure: Impaired forward flow,
Injury AKI - Differential ... INTRINSINC RENAL Glomerulonephritides ... Post-infectious GN, Lupus ... Acute Interstitial Nephritis ... #Diagnosis #nephrology
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Prerenal:
 • Due to true volume loss or decreased
(AKI) - Differential ... acute interstitial nephritis ... ) • GN (glomerulonephritis ... #Injury #AKI #Differential ... #Diagnosis #nephrology
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury ( AKI ) - Prerenal, Renal, and Postrenal

PRE-RENAL 
Impaired perfusion: 
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Injury ( AKI ) ... Interstitial nephritis ... /phimosis #Diagnosis ... Postrenal #Failure #Differential ... #Nephrology
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
- AKI Workup Algorithm ... and signs • Glomerulonephritis ... • Interstitial nephritis ... #Algorithm #Differential ... #Diagnosis #nephrology
Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis (RPGN)
RPGN has three primary pathophysiologic causes differentiated by immunofluorescence

Immune Complex Mediated (granular staining):
Post-strep GN, Lupus ... Nephritis, Cryoglobulinemia ... • Limited to Kidney ... #Vasculitis #differential ... #diagnosis #algorithm
Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis (RPGN) 
 - Loss of kidney function over a short period of tirne
) - Loss of kidney ... IgA nephropathy, lupus ... nephritis, cryoglobulinemia ... Classification #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Nephrology
Secondary Causes of Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hypertension - BP > 140/90 (>130/80 for DM)
Hypertensive urgency
Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Nephritic syndrome ... • AKI/CKD Mineralocorticoid ... HTN #Secondary #Nephrology ... Diagnosis #Algorithm