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Causes of acute kidney injury (AKI). AKI is classified into pre-renal, renal, and post-renal causes. Renal
of acute kidney injury ... and interstitial disease ... GBM, Glomerular ... #Diagnosis #AKI ... Causes #Sites #Nephrology
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

PRE-Renal AKI:
 • Hypovolemia
 • Congestion
 • Medications
 •
PRE-Renal AKI ... • Glomerular: ... Immune-complex disease ... Bilateral ureteral disease ... #nephrology
Glomerular Diseases - Spectrum
 - Insidious vs Acute
 - Nephritic (hypertension, hematuria, renal failure) vs Nephrotic
Glomerular Diseases ... - Nephritic (hypertension ... , hematuria, renal ... #Diseases #Spectrum ... #differential #diagnosis
Acute Kidney Injury - Classification
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration
 • Heart failure (a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome)
 • Liver failure
Intrinsic renovascular disease ... - Hypertensive ... - TTP/HUS • Glomerular ... disease - Post-infectious ... Tubulointerstitial disease
Kidney Syndromes - A Guide to Compartmentalize the Etiologies of Kidney Disease
1) Tubule and interstitium
2) Vasculature
3)
Etiologies of Kidney Disease ... Vasculature 3) Glomerulus ... galindozip #Renal ... Causes #Failure #Injury ... #AKI
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury ( AKI ) - Prerenal, Renal, and Postrenal

PRE-RENAL 
Impaired perfusion: 
•
of Acute Kidney Injury ... ( AKI ) - Prerenal ... • Prolonged hypotension ... • Inflammatory disease ... /phimosis #Diagnosis
Primary and Secondary Causes of Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Primary (Essential) (95%) - Onset between age
taken at home, work ... disease - CKD, ... AKI, Glomerulonephritis ... • Renovascular disease ... Cushing syndrome or disease
Guide to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)

What to ask/look for: 
 - HPI, PMH, full ROS
to Acute Kidney Injury ... - Recent hypo/hypertension ... protein/Cr - Renal ... disease — 21% ... #Nephrology #Diagnosis
Atlas of Urine Microscopy Findings
 • Epithelial cells - Normal
 • Renal tubular cells - Acute
disease, but can ... of glomerular disease ... disease • Granular ... disease • “Muddy ... #nephrology #casts
Common causes of Acute Kidney Injury AKI - Differential Diagnosis
HEMODYNAMIC
 • Cardiac failure: Impaired forward flow,
AKI - Differential ... • Primary GNs: Disease ... Due to systemic disease ... • Prolonged hypotension ... #nephrology