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Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

PRE-Renal AKI:
 • Hypovolemia
 • Congestion
 • Medications
 •
Acute Kidney Injury ... (AKI) - Differential ... Immune-mediated, Infection-mediated ... #Acute #Kidney ... #Diagnosis #nephrology
Acute Kidney Injury - Classification
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration
 • Heart failure (a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome)
 • Liver failure
Acute Kidney Injury ... disease - Post-infectious ... nephritis (AIN) ... Urinary tract infection ... #Acute #Kidney
Common causes of Acute Kidney Injury AKI - Differential Diagnosis
HEMODYNAMIC
 • Cardiac failure: Impaired forward flow,
Kidney Injury AKI ... - Differential ... Post-infectious ... • Toxins • Infection ... #Diagnosis #nephrology
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Pre-Renal:
 • Hypovolemia, Cardiorenal, Distributive Shock, HRS, Hypercalcemia, Renal
Acute Kidney Injury ... (AKI) - Differential ... Pigment, Protein) • AIN ... : Medication, Infection ... #Acute #Kidney
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Acute increase
Kidney Injury (AKI ... ) - Differential ... AKI) - Acute increase ... allopurinol, PPI) • Infections ... #Nephrology #Differential
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury ( AKI ) - Prerenal, Renal, and Postrenal

PRE-RENAL 
Impaired perfusion: 
•
Kidney Injury ( ... AKI ) - Prerenal ... Inflammatory disease • Infection ... Postrenal #Failure #Differential ... #Nephrology
Emergent Causes of Headache and Associated Risk Factors
Carbon monoxide poisoning
 - Breathing in enclosed or confined
of sinus or ear infection ... parasitic or fungal infection ... of polycystic kidney ... Previous vascular lesions ... signs #symptoms #differential
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management Summary

Causes of Rhabdomyolysis:
 • Trauma:
	- Immobilization
	- Crush injury
	- Compartment
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential ... Statins - ETOH - Infection ... - Abdominal pain ... + myoglobin AKI ... nephrotoxicity to kidney
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
to exclude are infections ... musculoskeletal systems • Kidneys ... tract: Abdominal pain ... Recurrent middle ear infections ... , recent viral infection
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
Classification: • Acute ... papulosquamous lesions ... permanent alopecia Differential ... fibromyalgia) • Infections ... Arthritis: • Joint pain