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Algorithmic Approach to the Patient with Azotemia

#Azotemia #AKI #Nephrology #Diagnosis #Differential #Algorithm #Management
#Azotemia #AKI ... #Nephrology #Diagnosis ... #Differential # ... Algorithm #Management
Distal Renal Tubular Acidosis (RTA)  Type 1 

Totally scuppers the kidney's acidification mechanism. Will be
much easier to diagnosis ... secretion Cannot lower ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Nephrology #Causes ... #Differential #
Guide to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)

What to ask/look for: 
 - HPI, PMH, full ROS
Kidney Injury (AKI ... - Urine Na/K/Cl ... disease — 21% - AKI ... #Nephrology #Diagnosis ... Algorithm #Causes #Differential
Causes of HyperKalemia - Differential Diagnosis
Increased extracellular K+:
 • Tissue injury
 • Hemolysis
 • Rhabdomyolysis
 •
HyperKalemia - Differential ... Diagnosis Increased ... Elimination: • AKI ... blockers - MCW ... Nephrology @MCW_Nephrology
Inherited Defects in Kidney Tubule Epithelial Cells

Renal glucosuria - Na+-dependent glucose cotransporter
Cystinuria - Amino acid transporter
Bartter
syndrome - Na-K-2Cl ... cotransporter in distal ... mineralocorticoid receptor Distal ... Defects #Kidney #Nephrology ... #Diagnosis #Differential
Proximal Renal Tubular Acidosis (RTA) Ttype 2 Overview

HCO3 reabsorptive failure
Lowering of threshold for HCO3 absorption in
proximal tubule Distal ... acidification intact Can lower ... Acidosis #Proximal #Diagnosis ... #Management #Nephrology
Vancomycin Associated Acute Kidney Injury

 • Drug induced acute kidney injury is generally defined as a
increase of 44 mol ... #Vancomycin #AKI ... pharmacology #toxicology #diagnosis ... #management #nephrology
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management Summary

Causes of Rhabdomyolysis:
 • Trauma:
	- Immobilization
	- Crush injury
	- Compartment
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... and Management ... #Diagnosis #Management ... causes #treatment #nephrology
Normal Anion-Gap Acidosis (NAGMA) - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Workup

NAGMA
- Chem, ABG or VBG
- Calculate Anion
Acidosis (NAGMA) - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... RTA): Type 1: Distal ... #Diagnosis #Workup ... #nephrology
Algorithm for patients with hypokalemia on the basis of the potassium-to-creatinine ratio in the urine
Urine K+
Proximal RTA • Distal ... • Low Urine Cl ... urine #potassium #differential ... #algorithm #diagnosis ... #nephrology