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Acute Kidney Injury - RIFLE and AKIN Criteria for Diagnosis and Classification of AKI
 • AKIN
Acute Kidney Injury ... Criteria for Diagnosis ... #Injury #AKI #RIFLE ... #AKIN #Criteria ... #Diagnosis #Classification
Acute Kidney Injury - Classification
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration
 • Heart failure (a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome)
 • Liver failure
Acute Kidney Injury ... - Classification ... Dehydration • Heart ... #Injury #Classification ... #diagnosis #nephrology
Heat Illnesses and Heat Stroke - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Heat Cramps:
 • Muscle pain or spasm -
Diagnosis Framework ... Loss of sodium/Potassium ... Injury: • Exertional ... involvement: Muscles, Kidneys ... , Liver injury,
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management Summary

Causes of Rhabdomyolysis:
 • Trauma:
	- Immobilization
	- Crush injury
	- Compartment
- Differential Diagnosis ... injury, Heat stroke ... nephrotoxicity to kidney ... Monitor potassium ... causes #treatment #nephrology
Causes of Hyperkalemia
l. Pseudohyperkalemia
  A Cellular efflux; thrombocytosis, erythrocytosis, leukocytosis, in vitro hemolysis
  B.
Congestive heart ... injury F. ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #High #Potassium ... #Classification