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Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Common Patterns on Urinalysis
 - Prerenal
 - ATN
 - AIN
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Acute Kidney Injury ... (AKI) - Common ... #Urinalysis #diagnosis ... #table #comparison ... #nephrology
Physiologic Approach to Hypotonic Hyponatremia
The next time you have a case of hypotonic hyponatremia, give the
diuresis can be ... Losses (AKI, Post-AKI ... failure, Cirrhosis, Nephrotic ... #differential #diagnosis ... table #sodium #nephrology
General approach to AKI - Checklist

Urine electrolytes & FENa - Previously, it was believed that urine
General approach to AKI ... performance for diagnosing ... acute tubular interstitial ... nephritis ... AcuteKidneyInjury #Nephrology
Causes of Hyponatremia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hypovolemia, UNa > 20: 
 • Renal losses, Diuretic excess,
- Differential Diagnosis ... losses, Diuretic ... UNa > 20: • Acute ... , UNa < 20 • Nephrotic ... Algorithm #Causes #nephrology
Diuretics and Agents Regulating Renal Excretion

Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors (Acetazolamide, Dichlorphenamide)
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 • Epilepsy
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disequilibrium syndrome • Diagnosis ... Torsemide) • Acute ... kidney disease, and nephrotic ... #Diuresis #Nephrology ... #Pharmacology #
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury ( AKI ) - Prerenal, Renal, and Postrenal

PRE-RENAL 
Impaired perfusion: 
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Causes of Acute ... Kidney Injury ( AKI ... Interstitial nephritis ... /phimosis #Diagnosis ... #Differential #Nephrology
Acute Kidney Injury - Differential Diagnosis Framework
PRERENAL:
 - Intrarenal vasoconstriction-hemodynamically mediated
 - Systemic vasodilation
 - Volume
Acute Kidney Injury ... volume deficiency, Diuretics ... Management: Avoiding nephrotoxic ... appropriate) #Acute ... Kidney #Injury #AKI
Causes of Hyponatremia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Syndrome of Inappropriate ADH - Euvolemic; no physiologic stimulus to
GI losses • Renal ... especially thiazide diuretics ... Cirrhosis • Nephrotic ... • Reduced GFR, AKI ... #Hyponatremia #Nephrology
Causes of Hyponatremia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Syndrome of Inappropriate ADH - Euvolemic; no physiologic stimulus to
GI losses • Renal ... especially thiazide diuretics ... Cirrhosis • Nephrotic ... • Reduced GFR, AKI ... #Hyponatremia #Nephrology
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Prerenal:
 • Due to true volume loss or decreased
(AKI) - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... losses, hemorrhage, diuretics ... interstitial nephritis ... #nephrology