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Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) in Patients with Cancer 

Cancer Related 
• Hypercalcemia 
• Intravenous contrast 
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Acute Kidney Injury ... Treatment Related • Sepsis ... Hemorrhagic cystitis -> bladder ... Cancer #Oncology #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Classification
Septic infarct in the upper pole of the right kidney secondary to Staphylococcus aureus endocarditis

35-year-old male.
endocarditis 35-year-old ... Urinary bladder ... associated with acute ... #Renal #POCUS # ... Ultrasound #Staphylococcus
Acute Kidney Injury - Classification
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration
 • Heart failure (a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome)
 • Liver failure
Acute Kidney Injury ... - Classification ... necrosis (causes: sepsis ... • Neurogenic bladder ... #Kidney #Injury
Causes of Gallbladder Wall Thickening - Differential Diagnosis
 • Physiologic: Contracted gall bladder in a non-fasting
Contracted gall bladder ... cirrhosis, Nephrotic syndrome ... , Cholangitis, Acute ... Diagnosis #radiology #POCUS ... #ultrasound
Liver Chemistries - Interpretation of LFTs

R-value: Serum (ALT/ULN ALT) / (Alk phos/ULN ALP)
 • R >
replaced by non-hepatic ... Elevation of ALP • Near ... Cardiac muscle, Kidneys ... • Gilbert's syndrome ... chemistry #diagnosis #differential
Pulmonary Pathology and Associated Lung Ultrasound Findings
Pneumothorax:
 - No lung sliding/barcode sign
 - Lung point (hard
Associated Lung Ultrasound ... atelectasis has static ... the severity Acute ... Respiratory Distress Syndrome ... #pulmonary #differential
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
Skin Disease Classification ... : • Acute cutaneous ... permanent alopecia Differential ... C4) • ds-DNA: Kidney ... induced SLE • Kidney
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
Lactic Acidosis - Differential ... shock/hypoxemia/Sepsis ... - Compartment syndrome ... - Sepsis ... #typea #typeb #classification