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Definitions of AKI, CKD, AKD
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI):
 • Increase in SCr by 2 50% within
Disease (CKD): ... (AKD): • AKI, ... Disease (NKD): ... #nephrology #acute ... #kidneyinjury
Common causes of Acute Kidney Injury AKI - Differential Diagnosis
HEMODYNAMIC
 • Cardiac failure: Impaired forward flow,
causes of Acute Kidney ... Injury AKI - Differential ... causes #Acute #KidneyInjury ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #nephrology
Guide to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)

What to ask/look for: 
 - HPI, PMH, full ROS
Guide to Acute Kidney ... /CKD - Recent ... - Pre-renal disease ... on CKD— 13% (mostly ... #Nephrology #Diagnosis
Causes of Chronic Kidney Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Decreased kidney function (eGFR < 60 ml/min/1.73 m2)
Causes of Chronic Kidney ... Disease - Differential ... Hyperphosphatemia #CKD ... KidneyDisease #Nephrology ... #Differential #
Workup for Hyperphosphatemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Rule out spurious hyperphosphatemia: paraproteinemia, hyperlipidemia, hemolysis, hyperbilirubinemia, liposomal amphotericin
Hyperphosphatemia - Differential ... acidosis, DKA Kidney ... Disease: • AKI ... , CKD Increased ... Workup #phosphate #nephrology
Albuminuria (Grades) and Risk for CKD
Normal to mildly increased albuminuria:
 - Albumin excretion rate: < 30
Risk for CKD Normal ... of progressive kidney ... disease & cardiovascular ... Albuminuria #Grades #classification ... #CKD #nephrology
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) in Patients with Cancer 

Cancer Related 
• Hypercalcemia 
• Intravenous contrast 
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Acute Kidney Injury ... LC deposition disease ... #Oncology #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Classification ... #Nephrology
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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- Differential ... neuropathy - GI ... Kidneys -> glomerulonephritis ... • ANA (Suggest CTD ... #rheumatology #classification
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
Classification: ... permanent alopecia Differential ... GI: • Noninfectious ... C4) • ds-DNA: Kidney ... induced SLE • Kidney
Management of Pruritus in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease
Pruritus with no primary lesions - differential diagnosis:
Patients with Chronic Kidney ... Disease Pruritus ... primary lesions - differential ... Uremia #Management #Nephrology ... #CKD