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Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Common Patterns on Urinalysis
 - Prerenal
 - ATN
 - AIN
 -
Acute Kidney Injury ... Syndrome - Nephritic ... AKI #Urinalysis #diagnosis ... #table #comparison ... #nephrology
Spectrum of Glomerular Diseases
Nephrotic - Mechanism:
 • Injury to podocytes
 • Changed architecture: Scanning. Deposition of
Glomerular Diseases Nephrotic ... Mechanism: • Injury ... differential #spectrum #diagnosis ... #nephrology #nephritic ... #nephrotic #comparison
Acute Kidney Injury - Classification
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration
 • Heart failure (a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome)
 • Liver failure
Acute Kidney Injury ... causes: sepsis, meds ... interstitial nephritis ... Classification #diagnosis ... #nephrology
Hyponatremia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hypovolemic - Give volume
Hypervolemic (Edematous) - Look for and treat underlying cause
Hyponatremia - Differential ... CHF, cirrhosis, nephrotic ... , CNS Disease, Meds ... UnremarkableLab #Hyponatremia ... #nephrology #sodium
Causes of Hyponatremia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hypovolemia, UNa > 20: 
 • Renal losses, Diuretic excess,
Causes of Hyponatremia ... - Differential Diagnosis ... UNa > 20: • Acute ... , UNa < 20 • Nephrotic ... Algorithm #Causes #nephrology
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury ( AKI ) - Prerenal, Renal, and Postrenal

PRE-RENAL 
Impaired perfusion: 
•
Kidney Injury ( ... Interstitial nephritis ... /phimosis #Diagnosis ... #Injury #Prerenal ... #Differential #Nephrology
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Prerenal:
 • Due to true volume loss or decreased
Acute Kidney Injury ... - Differential Diagnosis ... interstitial nephritis ... #Kidney #Injury ... #nephrology
Common causes of Acute Kidney Injury AKI - Differential Diagnosis
HEMODYNAMIC
 • Cardiac failure: Impaired forward flow,
Kidney Injury AKI ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Tubular Injury/ ... Interstitial Nephritis ... #nephrology
Vancomycin Associated Acute Kidney Injury

 • Drug induced acute kidney injury is generally defined as a
Vancomycin Associated Acute ... • Drug induced acute ... co-prescribing of other nephrotoxic ... pharmacology #toxicology #diagnosis ... #management #nephrology
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Acute Kidney Injury ... and Differential Diagnosis ... • Interstitial nephritis ... #Kidney #Injury ... #nephrology #causes