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Causes of AKI in Pregnancy - Differential Diagnosis
Creatinine - Platelets - Transaminases - LDH - PT/PTT
Causes of AKI in ... Schistocytes - BP - Progression ... • HUS • HELLP ... edgarvlermamd #AKI ... #table
Algorithmic Approach to Acute Interstitial Nephritis
When to suspect AIN? (not sensitive)
 • AKI, AKD, rapidly progressive
Algorithmic Approach ... sensitive) • AKI ... , AKD, rapidly progressive ... ; oliguria • Classic ... Nephritis #AIN #Algorithm
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Acute increase
Kidney Injury (AKI ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Ethylene glycol) TTP/HUS ... Malignancy Rapidly Progressive ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Pre-Renal:
 • Hypovolemia, Cardiorenal, Distributive Shock, HRS, Hypercalcemia, Renal
Kidney Injury (AKI ... Distributive Shock, HRS ... Medicine @SCVMCMed #AKI ... Diagnosis #nephrology #causes ... #algorithm
Acute Kidney Injury - Classification
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration
 • Heart failure (a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome)
 • Liver failure
Kidney Injury - Classification ... vasculitis - TTP/HUS ... tubular necrosis (causes ... prolonged prerenal AKI ... EricsMedicalLectures/ #AKI
Hepatorenal Syndrome (HRS)

Definition:
• Functional, potentially reversible kidney impairment.
• Occurs in advanced liver disease: cirrhosis, severe alcoholic
Exclude other AKI ... Classification: ... HRS-AKI (formerly ... Type 1): • Rapid progression ... HRS-Non-AKI (formerly
Kaposi Sarcoma Forms
Kaposi Sarcoma (KS) is an endothelial cell cancer with an inflammatory component, which has
component, which has ... Classic (aka sporadic ... that resemble classic ... AIDS-related (aka ... Forms #comparison #table
Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis (RPGN)
RPGN has three primary pathophysiologic causes differentiated by immunofluorescence

Immune Complex Mediated (granular staining):
Rapidly Progressive ... Glomerulonephritis (RPGN) RPGN has ... pathophysiologic causes ... RPGN #Rapidly #Progressive ... differential #diagnosis #algorithm
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Kidney Injury - AKI ... Workup Algorithm ... pressure • TTP / HUS ... #Workup #Algorithm ... Diagnosis #nephrology #causes
Hyperkalemia shortens repolarization; changes in the T wave provide the earliest clues to hyperpotassemia.
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repolarization causes ... wave to produce classic ... sine wave (QRS-T ... #ECG #Changes #Progression ... #Table