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Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) in Patients with Cancer 

Cancer Related 
• Hypercalcemia 
• Intravenous contrast 
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Kidney Injury (AKI ... Cisplatin • ATN ... Cancer #Oncology #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Classification ... #Nephrology
Workup for Hyperphosphatemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Rule out spurious hyperphosphatemia: paraproteinemia, hyperlipidemia, hemolysis, hyperbilirubinemia, liposomal amphotericin
- Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... Rhabdomyolysis, Tumor lysis syndrome ... Kidney Disease: • AKI ... #nephrology
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Pre-Renal:
 • Hypovolemia, Cardiorenal, Distributive Shock, HRS, Hypercalcemia, Renal
Kidney Injury (AKI ... ) - Differential ... Abdominal Compartment Syndrome ... C3/C4, Other • ATN ... #Diagnosis #nephrology
Guide to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)

What to ask/look for: 
 - HPI, PMH, full ROS
- Urine Na/K/Cl ... Liano 1996) - ATN ... CKD— 13% (mostly ATN ... #Nephrology #Diagnosis ... Algorithm #Causes #Differential
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Workup Algorithm ... Diagnosis Baseline ... • Cardio-renal syndrome ... #Workup #Algorithm ... Diagnosis #nephrology
Secondary Causes of Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hypertension - BP > 140/90 (>130/80 for DM)
Hypertensive urgency
Hypertension - Differential ... Consider secondary HTN ... • AKI/CKD Mineralocorticoid ... #Secondary #Nephrology ... #Differential #
Causes of Hyponatremia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Syndrome of Inappropriate ADH - Euvolemic; no physiologic stimulus to
Hyponatremia - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Drugs • Pulmonary ... • Reduced GFR, AKI ... #Hyponatremia #Nephrology
Causes of Hyponatremia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Syndrome of Inappropriate ADH - Euvolemic; no physiologic stimulus to
Hyponatremia - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Drugs • Pulmonary ... • Reduced GFR, AKI ... #Hyponatremia #Nephrology
Hypokalemia Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hypertensive:
 • High Al, Low R - Primary aldosteronism
 • High Al, High
Hypokalemia Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... #Hypokalemia #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #nephrology #causes
Causes of HyperKalemia - Differential Diagnosis
Increased extracellular K+:
 • Tissue injury
 • Hemolysis
 • Rhabdomyolysis
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Diagnosis Increased ... • Tumor lysis syndrome ... Elimination: • AKI ... blockers - MCW ... Nephrology @MCW_Nephrology