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Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Common Patterns on Urinalysis
 - Prerenal
 - ATN
 - AIN
 -
Kidney Injury (AKI ... AIN - UTI - Nephrotic ... Syndrome - Nephritic ... Urinalysis #diagnosis #table ... #comparison #nephrology
Differentiation Between Nephrotic Syndrome and Nephritic Syndrome 
== Nephrotic Syndrome ==
Onset - Insidious 
Edema - ++++
Blood
pressure - Normal/low ... Serum albumin - Low ... edgarvlermamd - Nephrology ... #Comparison #Table ... #Nephrology #Diagnosis
Simplified Approach to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
1) IS THIS AN EMERGENCY? 
Is there a dialysis indication
require urgent nephrology ... : Hypovolemia, Low ... Urinary obstruction, Nephrotoxic ... KidneyInjury #simplified #workup ... #diagnosis #nephrology
Physiologic Approach to Hypotonic Hyponatremia
The next time you have a case of hypotonic hyponatremia, give the
can be high or low ... failure, Cirrhosis, Nephrotic ... Primary polydipsia), Low ... differential #diagnosis #table ... #sodium #nephrology
Common causes of Acute Kidney Injury AKI - Differential Diagnosis
HEMODYNAMIC
 • Cardiac failure: Impaired forward flow,
Kidney Injury AKI ... Impaired forward flow ... • Primary GNs: Disease ... Acute Interstitial Nephritis ... Differential #Diagnosis #nephrology
Summary of characteristic abnormalities of selected glomerular diseases
Light Microscopy (LM) - Immunofluorescence Microscopy (IM) - Electron
selected glomerular diseases ... EM) Haematuria/nephritis ... Haemolytic-uraemic syndrome Nephrotic ... #nephrology #pathology ... #comparison #table
NSAIDS and their effects on the Kidney - Pathophysiology

Arachidonic Acid metabolites into alternative pathways that modify
Minimal Change Disease ... decreased renal blood flow ... : Pre renal AKI ... Acute Interstitial Nephritis ... KidneyDisease #nephrology
Characteristics of Commonly Used Phosphate Binders 
Aluminum 
 - Potent and effective 
 - Useful for
Lowers level of low-density ... increased risk of low ... Phosphate #Binders #Table ... #Comparison #Pharmacology ... #Nephrology
Phosphate Binders - Pros and Cons

Calcium carbonate (TumsTM) 
 - Most inexpensive, antacid properties useful for
and peptic ulcer disease ... Low pill burden. ... Phosphate #Binders #Table ... #Comparison #Pharmacology ... #Nephrology
Recommended initial testing for patients being evaluated for glomerular disease 

24-hour urine collection - Quantify proteinuria.
for glomerular disease ... in monitoring low-level ... of glomerular disease ... glomerular #testing #workup ... #nephritic #nephrology