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Guide to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)

What to ask/look for: 
 - HPI, PMH, full ROS
Guide to Acute Kidney ... /CKD - Recent ... on CKD— 13% (mostly ... #Nephrology #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #Causes
Interpreting Kidney Biomarkers

↑ Creatinine: 
 • AKI, CKD
 • Medications that lead to nephroprotective ↓ in
Interpreting Kidney ... Creatinine: • AKI ... , CKD • Medications ... , CKD • Obesity ... #laboratory #nephrology
Hepatorenal Syndrome (HRS) - Diagnostic Criteria
HRS-AKI (Acute: previously known as HRS Type 1)
 • ↑ Creatinine
Diagnostic Criteria HRS-AKI ... nephrotoxics (e.g. diuretics ... haematuria, Normal renal ... Type 2) • HRS-AKD ... ascites • HRS-CKD
NSAID vs ACEI/ARB effects on the Kidneys

Remember that NSAIDs and ACEI/ARB therapy have opposing effects on
NSAIDs cause vasoconstriction ... use shouldn't cause ... patients have CKD ... ACEIARB #Effects #Nephrology ... #Renal #Pathophysiology
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Acute Kidney Injury ... electrolytes, urea, uric acid ... osmolarity If cause ... Differential #Diagnosis #nephrology ... #causes
Acute Kidney Injury - Differential Diagnosis Framework
PRERENAL:
 - Intrarenal vasoconstriction-hemodynamically mediated
 - Systemic vasodilation
 - Volume
Acute Kidney Injury ... volume deficiency, Diuretics ... biopsy - Management ... appropriate) #Acute #Kidney ... #Injury #AKI #Differential
Causes of Chronic Kidney Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Decreased kidney function (eGFR < 60 ml/min/1.73 m2)
Causes of Chronic ... Kidney Disease ... 3 months Pre-Renal ... Hyperphosphatemia #CKD ... KidneyDisease #Nephrology
Workup for Hyperphosphatemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Rule out spurious hyperphosphatemia: paraproteinemia, hyperlipidemia, hemolysis, hyperbilirubinemia, liposomal amphotericin
acidosis, DKA Kidney ... Disease: • AKI ... , CKD Increased ... Renal Phosphate ... Workup #phosphate #nephrology
Diuretics and Agents Regulating Renal Excretion

Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors (Acetazolamide, Dichlorphenamide)
 • Glaucoma
 • Epilepsy
 • Altitude
Regulating Renal ... irrigation • Management ... Bumetanide, Ethacrynic acid ... stones caused by ... #Diuresis #Nephrology
Secondary Causes of Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hypertension - BP > 140/90 (>130/80 for DM)
Hypertensive urgency
Secondary Causes ... multi-drug resistance) Renal ... Nephritic syndrome • AKI ... /CKD Mineralocorticoid ... HTN #Secondary #Nephrology