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Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Acute Kidney Injury ... Diagnosis Baseline ... Anti-ds-DNA, C3/C4 ... #Diagnosis #nephrology ... #causes
Hypereosinophilia Syndrome (HES) - Diagnosis and Management
Definition: An absolute eosinophil count (AEC) greater than 1500 and
(HES) - Diagnosis ... with blood eosinophilia ... Secondary Causes ... #diagnosis #hematology ... #differential #
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Pre-Renal:
 • Hypovolemia, Cardiorenal, Distributive Shock, HRS, Hypercalcemia, Renal
Acute Kidney Injury ... Abdominal Compartment Syndrome ... , Anti-GBM, C3/C4 ... Diagnosis #nephrology ... #causes #algorithm
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) in Patients with Cancer 

Cancer Related 
• Hypercalcemia 
• Intravenous contrast 
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Acute Kidney Injury ... change disease • Hematologic ... Cancer #Oncology #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Classification ... #Nephrology
Common causes of Acute Kidney Injury AKI - Differential Diagnosis
HEMODYNAMIC
 • Cardiac failure: Impaired forward flow,
Common causes of ... Acute Kidney Injury ... inhibitors, hepatorenal syndrome ... nephropathy • Secondary ... Diagnosis #nephrology
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
• (Peripheral eosinophilia ... • Tumor lysis syndrome ... bone marrow and secondary ... #Leukemia #Hematology ... #Oncology #Diagnosis
Urinary Casts and Disease Associations
Hyaline - May be nonspecific; seen in normal individuals or during severe
are seen in acute ... broad - Advanced kidney ... edgarvlermamd - Nephrology ... #Differential # ... #Nephrology
Diagnostic Framework for Anemia (Morphological Approach - MCV)
Low MCV - <80fL - "Microcytic"
 • Iron deficiency
Anemia of chronic kidney ... disease, Acute ... blood loss, Anemia ... #diagnosis #causes ... #hematology
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
Causes of Secondary ... Diagnosis Approach ... kidney injury). ... Neurologic disorders ... #Differential #
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
pulses, bruits, or blood ... affects the skin, neurologic ... musculoskeletal systems • Kidneys ... tract, and often causes ... #Diagnosis #Rheumatology