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Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) in Patients with Cancer 

Cancer Related 
• Hypercalcemia 
• Intravenous contrast 
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malignancies Treatment ... Kidney #Injury #AKI ... #Cancer #Oncology ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... Classification #Nephrology
Upper and Lower Causes of GI Bleed
Upper:
 • Esophagus: Tear (Mallory Weiss, Boerhaave syndrome), Variceal, Esophagitis,
Weiss, Boerhaave syndrome ... Inflammatory: Ischemic ... Infectious colitis, UC/Chrons ... #differential #diagnosis ... #Causes #algorithm
Hypophosphatemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Appropriately Low Kidney Phosphate Excretion:
 • Decreased GI Absorption: Chronic Diarrhea, Antacids,
- Differential Diagnosis ... GI Absorption: Chronic ... (MM, lymphoma, cancer ... #Algorithm #nephrology ... #phosphorus #workup
Chronic Diarrhea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Steatorrhea
 - Maldigestive
    • Pancreatic Insufficiency
 - Primary
Algorithm Steatorrhea ... • Mesenteric Ischemia ... CoIits • Ischemic ... Adenoma • Colon Cancer ... #Algorithm
Mesenteric Ischemia - Differential Diagnostic Schema
Chronic: ASCVD, Venous, Vasculitides 5% (PAN, [E]GPA, IgA, MPA)
Acute
 - Venous
- Differential Diagnostic ... Schema Chronic: ... Antiphospholipid syndrome ... hypovolemia), Meds/Treatments ... #Diagnosis #algorithm
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Workup Algorithm ... and Differential Diagnosis ... • Cardio-renal syndrome ... #Workup #Algorithm ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Acute increase
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Acute ... • Hepatorenal syndromes ... cell casts) • Ischemia ... Constipation • Prostate Cancer
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Pre-Renal:
 • Hypovolemia, Cardiorenal, Distributive Shock, HRS, Hypercalcemia, Renal
Kidney Injury (AKI ... Abdominal Compartment Syndrome ... Other • ATN: Ischemia ... #nephrology #causes ... #algorithm
Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac:
 • Dysrhythmia
 • Ischemia
 • Cardiomyopathy
 • Valvular disease
Algorithm Cardiac ... Dysrhythmia • Ischemia ... Superior vena cava syndrome ... Bronchitis • Chronic ... Emphysema • Cancer
Approach to Thrombocytosis - Elevated Platelet Count - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Peripheral Smear concerning for malignancy?
hematology for workup ... Rebound effect from treatment ... Malignancy: Metastatic cancer ... Kawasaki, Nephrotic syndrome ... • Infections: Chronic