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Increased Urination - Differential Diagnosis Framework - Increased Volume / Frequency
 • Increased osmotic load (Increased
- Differential Diagnosis ... mannitol), Chronic kidney ... • Inability of kidneys ... Voiding: BPH, Neurogenic ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

PRE-Renal AKI:
 • Hypovolemia
 • Congestion
 • Medications
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Acute Kidney Injury ... - Differential Diagnosis ... External obstruction, Neurogenic ... #AKI #Acute #Kidney ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Pre-Renal:
 • Hypovolemia, Cardiorenal, Distributive Shock, HRS, Hypercalcemia, Renal
Acute Kidney Injury ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Nephrolithiasis) • Neurogenic ... #AKI #Acute #Kidney ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Acute Kidney Injury - Classification
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration
 • Heart failure (a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome)
 • Liver failure
Acute Kidney Injury ... obstruction) • Neurogenic ... #AKI #Acute #Kidney ... Classification #diagnosis
Causes of Constipation - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 • Motility: Diet, IBS-C, Colonic inertia, Pelvic floor disorders,
- Differential Diagnosis ... Hirschsprung's • Neurogenic ... Hyperparathyroidism, Chronic kidney ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Tachypnea - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Definitions
 • Tachypnea: Respiratory rate > 20/min, shallow breathing in adults
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- Differential Diagnosis ... ketoacidosis • Severe kidney ... Inflammation • Central neurogenic ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Risk Factors for Complicated Urinary Tract Infections

Patient characteristics
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Male sex
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Postmenopausal
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Pregnant
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catheter - Neurogenic ... - Polycystic kidney ... Urologic stents #Diagnosis
Heat Illnesses and Heat Stroke - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Heat Cramps:
 • Muscle pain or spasm -
- Differential Diagnosis ... conditions - Neurogenic ... involvement: Muscles, Kidneys ... #differential #diagnosis
NSAID vs ACEI/ARB effects on the Kidneys

Remember that NSAIDs and ACEI/ARB therapy have opposing effects on
effects on the Kidneys ... effects on the kidneys ... contribute to kidney ... patients with normal kidney ... used for their kidney
Inherited Defects in Kidney Tubule Epithelial Cells

Renal glucosuria - Na+-dependent glucose cotransporter
Cystinuria - Amino acid transporter
Bartter
Inherited Defects in Kidney ... exchanger,H+-ATPase Nephrogenic ... -2 deficiency Nephrogenic ... Inherited #Defects #Kidney ... #Nephrology #Diagnosis