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Guide to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)

What to ask/look for: 
 - HPI, PMH, full ROS
Guide to Acute Kidney ... Injury (AKI) ... /CKD - Recent ... uric acid (rhabdo/TLS ... Algorithm #Causes #Differential
Workup for Hyperphosphatemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Rule out spurious hyperphosphatemia: paraproteinemia, hyperlipidemia, hemolysis, hyperbilirubinemia, liposomal amphotericin
Hyperphosphatemia - Differential ... • Endogenous: Rhabdomyolysis ... acidosis, DKA Kidney ... Disease: • AKI ... , CKD Increased
Creatine kinase (CK) is an intracellular enzyme present in skeletal muscle, myocardium & brain; smaller amounts
CK functions as ... of developing AKI ... or underlying CKD ... Myoglobin has a short ... excreted by the kidneys
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Acute Kidney Injury ... - AKI Workup Algorithm ... and Differential ... imaging #Acute #Kidney ... #Injury #AKI #Workup
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management Summary

Causes of Rhabdomyolysis:
 • Trauma:
	- Immobilization
	- Crush injury
	- Compartment
Differential Diagnosis ... Framework and Management ... ) • AKI: BUN/Cr ... nephrotoxicity to kidney ... #Differential #
Generalized Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Framework
"l feel weak":
 • Infectious: Influenza, EBV, PNA, Bacteremia, Sepsis
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Bacteremia, Sepsis • Kidneys ... : CKD, ESRD • CV ... chemo), EtOH, Rhabdomyolysis ... Polyneuropathy, ALS ... Diagnosis #causes #neurology
Acute Kidney Injury - Differential Diagnosis Framework
PRERENAL:
 - Intrarenal vasoconstriction-hemodynamically mediated
 - Systemic vasodilation
 - Volume
Acute Kidney Injury ... - Differential ... drainage, or stenting as ... appropriate) #Acute #Kidney ... #Injury #AKI #Differential
Vancomycin Associated Acute Kidney Injury

 • Drug induced acute kidney injury is generally defined as a
Injury • Drug ... defined as a 50% ... #Vancomycin #AKI ... toxicology #diagnosis #management ... #nephrology
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
Hypertension - Workup and Differential ... disturbance, or acute kidney ... injury). 6. ... parenchymal disease: CKD ... Neurologic disorders
Guideline-Directed Medical Therapy (GDMT) in HFrEF and CKD

 • Class I pillars of HFrEF GDMT across
across the span of kidney ... been optimized: IKi ... strictly defined as ... #HFrEF #management ... #pharmacology #cardiology