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Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Pre-Renal:
 • Hypovolemia, Cardiorenal, Distributive Shock, HRS, Hypercalcemia, Renal
Acute Kidney Injury ... Artery Stenosis, Abdominal ... Compartment Syndrome ... Other • ATN: Ischemia ... nephrology #causes #algorithm
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) in Patients with Cancer 

Cancer Related 
• Hypercalcemia 
• Intravenous contrast 
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Acute Kidney Injury ... (AKI) in Patients ... LC deposition disease ... malignancies Treatment ... Methotrexate • AIN
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Acute Kidney Injury ... - AKI Workup Algorithm ... renal biopsy • Abdominal ... compartment syndrome ... #Injury #AKI #Workup
Diffuse Acute Abdominal Pain (<72 hours) - Differential Diagnostic Algorithm
Look for surgical abdomen
Upper quadrant: R/O cardiac,
Pain (<72 hours ... • Mesenteric ischemia ... • Peptic ulcer disease ... Irritable bowel syndrome ... #Pain #Differential
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
• Budd-Chiari syndrome ... /AMI • PUD • ... Chronic mesenteric ischemia ... wall painAbdominal ... • Mesenteric ischemia
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management Summary

Causes of Rhabdomyolysis:
 • Trauma:
	- Immobilization
	- Crush injury
	- Compartment
Tachycardia - N/V - Abdominal ... pain Labs: ... perfusion → renal ischemia ... nephrotoxicity to kidney ... disease 2.
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Management Principles
Prerenal - Correct hemodynamic derangements:
 • If low preload →
Acute Kidney Injury ... (AKI) - Management ... • Hepatorenal syndrome ... • AIN → Consider ... #Acute #Kidney
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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: • Purpura, ischemic ... : glomerular ischemia ... - GI tract: abdominal ... Supply gut -> abdominal ... Kidneys -> glomerulonephritis
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
Behçet's Syndrome ... retinal tears, Ischemia ... Arthritis, AS Treatment ... • Nonsurgical abdominal ... pain: Glucocorticoids
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
Vasculitis: • Purpura, ischemic ... musculoskeletal systems • Kidneys ... multiplex • GI tract: Abdominal ... pain • HTN • ... gut involvement, abdominal