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Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Workup Algorithm ... , urine dipstick ... , urine microscopy ... / urinary sediment ... osmolarity If cause
Hematuria - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Gross Hematuria: Red/Dark urine
 • 1ml blood/liter urine can induce color change
Hematuria - Differential ... sediment Microscopic ... sediment by microscopy ... (Urinalysis or dipstick ... hematuria: - RBC casts
Urinalysis & Urine Sodium 
Theophilus Protospatharius, a seventh-century physician who wrote the first manuscript focused exclusively
sediment and color ... Microscopic exam ... • Urinary casts ... Kidney Injury (AKI ... #UNa #casts #glucosuria
Simplified Approach to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
1) IS THIS AN EMERGENCY? 
Is there a dialysis indication
cases are caused ... IMPROVEMENT If the urine ... Assess UA w/ microscopy ... for WBCs, RBCs, casts ... , crystals, protein
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Acute increase
) - Differential ... at least 50% Renal ... Epithelial cell casts ... myeloma) • Urate crystals ... polyangiitis /microscopic
Urine Microscopy - Urinary Sediment Examination Instructions
Preparation of the urine for microscopic examination:
 • Clean catch
Urine Microscopy ... bag • Perform dipstick ... up by cells or casts ... Ill stain) and crystals ... protein matrix of casts
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
: (AKI, proteinuria ... mononeuritis multiplex WORKUP ... : UA, Urine protein ... Goodpasture's cause ... hematuria, RBC casts
Fever After International Travel

Infectious Disease:
• Endemic in either the destination or home region

Viral Syndromes:
Arboviral infections, a
falciparum: Most cases ... examination; and urine ... tests, including a dipstick ... test, microscopic ... Fever #Travel #Differential