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Guide to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)

What to ask/look for: 
 - HPI, PMH, full ROS
- Urinalysis/microscopy ... Cl/urea/protein/Cr ... - Renal/bladder ... - 45% - Pre-renal ... #Nephrology #Diagnosis
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
Dyspnea, Fever, Hematuria ... polyangiitis, Microscopic ... , anti-CCP • CXR ... resolution chest CT ... differential #diagnosis #nephrology
Urinary Tract Tuberculosis - Contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT) of the abdomen showed mild dilatation of the
computed tomography (CT ... dilatation of the left renal ... pelvis and thickening ... AcidFastBacilli #Microscopy ... #NEJM
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
: (AKI, proteinuria ... , hematuria) • ... Other tests: • CT ... seen on chest CT ... or gross hematuria
Urinalysis & Urine Sodium 
Theophilus Protospatharius, a seventh-century physician who wrote the first manuscript focused exclusively
Microscopic exam ... [(U Na x P Cr) / ... used with normal renal ... Kidney Injury (AKI ... casts #glucosuria #hematuria
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management Summary

Causes of Rhabdomyolysis:
 • Trauma:
	- Immobilization
	- Crush injury
	- Compartment
declines > ALT) • AKI ... : BUN/Cr ↑ • Aldolase ... + myoglobin AKI ... kidney tubular cells ... causes #treatment #nephrology