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Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Pre-Renal:
 • Hypovolemia, Cardiorenal, Distributive Shock, HRS, Hypercalcemia, Renal
Acute Kidney Injury ... Compartment Syndrome, Medications ... , Infection, Autoimmune ... #AKI #Acute #Kidney ... Differential #Diagnosis #nephrology
FDA-Approved 1st line Medications for Tobacco Cessation Treatment

Nicotine patch, Nicotine lozenge, Nicotine gum, Nicotine inhaler, Nicotine
FDA-Approved 1st line Medications ... Tobacco Cessation Treatment ... Cessation #Therapy #Comparison ... Table #Agents #Dosing
Acute Kidney Injury - Classification
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration
 • Heart failure (a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome)
 • Liver failure
Acute Kidney Injury ... disease - Post-infectious ... Urinary tract infection ... • Medications ... #AKI #Acute #Kidney
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

PRE-Renal AKI:
 • Hypovolemia
 • Congestion
 • Medications
 •
Acute Kidney Injury ... Congestion • Medications ... Immune-mediated, Infection-mediated ... #AKI #Acute #Kidney ... Differential #Diagnosis #nephrology
Anti-infective stewardship, including tips for using anti-infectives wisely, criteria for stepdown from IV to PO dosage
including tips for using ... anti-infectives ... IV to PO anti-infectives ... #antibiotics #medications ... #table #treatment
Hematuria in Post-Renal Transplant Patient
Prevalence up to 12% in the postrenal transplant patient
 • Bacterial: Escherichia
: Secondary to infections ... carcinoma (native kidney ... Prostate cancer • Medications ... urine #management #treatment ... #nephrology
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Management Principles
Prerenal - Correct hemodynamic derangements:
 • If low preload →
Acute Kidney Injury ... preload → IV Fluids ... → No specific treatment ... Foley catheter • Medications ... #Injury #treatment
PDE5 inhibitors are usually the drugs of first choice for erectile dysfunction.

PDE5 inhibitors enhance an erection that is
#pharmacology #comparison ... #treatment #medications ... #dosing #drugs
Management of Serotonin Syndrome
Identify and stop all serotoninergic medications
 • Avoid inadvertent Rx of serotoninergic meds
serotoninergic medications ... IV fluids for volume ... • Dosing: 12mg loading ... Syndrome #Management #treatment
Eosinophil Disorders Testing Algorithm
INDICATIONS FOR TESTING:
 • Peripheral blood eosinophilia/hypereosinophilia uncovered incidentally during medical evaluation or
Testing Algorithm INDICATIONS ... uncovered incidentally during ... drug reaction, infection ... Strongyloides infection ... glucocorticoid treatment