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Simplified Approach to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
1) IS THIS AN EMERGENCY? 
Is there a dialysis indication
Kidney Injury (AKI ... PROBLEM ~80% of AKI ... . 5) CONSIDER INTRINSIC ... CAUSES Assess ... protein. - 80% of intrinsic
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury - Differential Diagnosis Framework 
Pre-Renal
Post-Renal
Intrinsic Renal:
 • Tubules (ATN)
 • Glomerular:
Causes of Acute ... Pre-Renal Post-Renal Intrinsic ... drtonydang @CMC_IM #AKI ... #KidneyInjury #Causes
Definitions of AKI, CKD, AKD
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI):
 • Increase in SCr by 2 50% within
Definitions of AKI ... Kidney Injury (AKI ... ): • AKI, OR ... per 1.73 m2 • Stable ... SCr without AKI
Causes of AKI in Pregnancy - Differential Diagnosis
Creatinine - Platelets - Transaminases - LDH - PT/PTT
Causes of AKI in ... edgarvlermamd #AKI ... Differential #Diagnosis #Causes ... #table
Causes of acute kidney injury (AKI). AKI is classified into pre-renal, renal, and post-renal causes. Renal
Causes of acute ... kidney injury (AKI ... AKI is classified ... and post-renal causes ... Renal causes of
Acute Kidney Injury - Classification
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration
 • Heart failure (a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome)
 • Liver failure
Intrarenal: • Intrinsic ... tubular necrosis (causes ... prolonged prerenal AKI ... EricsMedicalLectures/ #AKI
Guide to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)

What to ask/look for: 
 - HPI, PMH, full ROS
Kidney Injury (AKI ... rhabdo/TLS) Causes ... of Inpatient AKI ... disease — 21% - AKI ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
General approach to AKI - Checklist

Urine electrolytes & FENa - Previously, it was believed that urine
General approach to AKI ... pre-renal and intrinsic ... @PulmCrit #AKI
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Common Patterns on Urinalysis
 - Prerenal
 - ATN
 - AIN
 -
Kidney Injury (AKI ... EricsMedicalLectures/ #AKI ... Urinalysis #diagnosis #table
Acute Kidney Injury - Differential Diagnosis Framework
PRERENAL:
 - Intrarenal vasoconstriction-hemodynamically mediated
 - Systemic vasodilation
 - Volume
heart failure INTRINSIC ... white blood cell casts ... or pigmented casts ... treating underlying cause ... Kidney #Injury #AKI