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Simplified Approach to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
1) IS THIS AN EMERGENCY? 
Is there a dialysis indication
Kidney Injury (AKI ... require urgent nephrology ... CONSIDER INTRINSIC CAUSES ... Assess UA w/ microscopy ... workup #diagnosis #nephrology
Guide to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)

What to ask/look for: 
 - HPI, PMH, full ROS
Kidney Injury (AKI ... - Urinalysis/microscopy ... rhabdo/TLS) Causes ... #Nephrology #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #Causes
Algorithmic Approach to Acute Interstitial Nephritis
When to suspect AIN? (not sensitive)
 • AKI, AKD, rapidly progressive
sensitive) • AKI ... , AKD, rapidly progressive ... sterile pyuria, WBC casts ... eosinophiluria, microscopic ... AIN #Algorithm #nephrology
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Acute increase
Causes of Acute ... Kidney Injury (AKI ... Kidney Injury (AKI ... polyangiitis /microscopic ... #KidneyInjury #Nephrology
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Kidney Injury - AKI ... dipstick, urine microscopy ... osmolarity If cause ... Differential #Diagnosis #nephrology ... #causes
Important Fungal Stains
Mycology Lab:
 • Calcofluor white - Fluorochrome that binds glucans and chitin in fungal
- Cotton blue (aka ... are Aspergillus spp ... of Cryptococcus sp ... Fungal #Stains #microbiology ... #microscopy #staining
Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS) - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Epidemiology:
 • Prevalence: 1-2 cases per million -
Person Syndrome (SPS ... Prevalence: 1-2 cases ... - People with SPS ... sleep DDx: • Neuromyotonia ... Management #treatment #neurology
Coccidioides on culture and microscopy

This was coccidioides sp (in this particular case was posadasii, although morphologically
on culture and microscopy ... was coccidioides sp ... this particular case ... brown from age - Microscopic ... #clinical #microbiology
Rhizopus spp. on microscopy
 - rhizoids ("roots") immediately below non-branched sporangiophores
 - most common cause of
Rhizopus spp. on ... microscopy - rhizoids ... - most common cause ... Rhizopus #clinical #microscopy ... #microbiology
Moraxella catarrhalis on culture and microscopy
Only 1-5% of adults are colonized with this Gram neg diplococci
on culture and microscopy ... It can be the cause ... Other Moraxella spp ... catarrhalis #culture #microscopy ... #clinical #microbiology