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Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Pre-Renal:
 • Hypovolemia, Cardiorenal, Distributive Shock, HRS, Hypercalcemia, Renal
Acute Kidney Injury ... Vasculitis • GN ... Med, Contrast, Pigment ... #AKI #Acute #Kidney ... nephrology #causes #algorithm
Common causes of Acute Kidney Injury AKI - Differential Diagnosis
HEMODYNAMIC
 • Cardiac failure: Impaired forward flow,
causes of Acute Kidney ... Injury AKI - Differential ... Post-infectious GN ... , Lupus Acute Tubular ... Injury/Necrosis
Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis (RPGN)
RPGN has three primary pathophysiologic causes differentiated by immunofluorescence

Immune Complex Mediated (granular staining):
Complement: Post-strep GN ... , Lupus Nephritis ... • Limited to Kidney ... differential #diagnosis #algorithm ... #rheumatology
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Prerenal:
 • Due to true volume loss or decreased
Acute Kidney Injury ... some abx, heme pigment ... nephritis) • GN ... Cellular debris • Kidney ... #Injury #AKI #Differential
Drug Induced Kidney Injury
 • Pre-Renal: NSAIDS, CNI, ACEI/ARB, IL-2 therapy, Diuretics CAR-T therapy
 • Osmotic
Drug Induced Kidney ... Injury • Pre-Renal ... therapy • Osmotic injury ... FSGS, Membranous GN ... differential #diagnosis #algorithm
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Acute increase
Causes of Acute Kidney ... Injury (AKI) - ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Acute Kidney Injury ... IgA, post-strep, lupus
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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rapidly progressing GN ... inflammation Others: • Lupus ... such as systemic lupus ... Kidneys -> glomerulonephritis ... differential #diagnosis #rheumatology
HSCT related renal disease - AKI and CKD
Acute Kidney Injury: Acute GvHD 2-4, Pre renal state,
and CKD Acute Kidney ... Injury: Acute GvHD ... (VOD) Chronic Kidney ... Proliferative GN ... differential #diagnosis #algorithm
Scleroderma Renal Crisis (SRC)

Clinical Presentation of Scleroderma Renal Crisis:
1) Acute kidney injury
2) Abrupt onset of hypertension
3)
Crisis: 1) Acute kidney ... injury 2) Abrupt ... endothelial cell injury ... . pauci-immune GN ... Renal #Crisis #rheumatology