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Guide to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)

What to ask/look for: 
 - HPI, PMH, full ROS
- TTE/liver fxn? ... - Pre-renal disease ... #Nephrology #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #Causes ... #Differential
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Workup Algorithm ... osmolarity If cause ... investigations depending on clinical ... Diagnosis #nephrology ... #causes
Acute Kidney Injury - Classification
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration
 • Heart failure (a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome)
 • Liver failure
cardiorenal syndrome) • Liver ... tubular necrosis (causes ... prolonged prerenal AKI ... EricsMedicalLectures/ #AKI ... Classification #diagnosis #nephrology
Causes of Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Disorders - Differential Diagnosis and Workup
History:
 - Prior platelet count, family
Diagnosis and Workup ... : INR/PT, aPTT(liver ... (CVID, WAS), (neurologic ... bypass), LFT (liver ... disease), HBsAg
Causes of Tremors - Movement Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Action Tremor - Occurs During Voluntary Muscle
Causes of Tremors ... Movement Disorders - Differential ... Etiology (Thyroid, Liver ... MovementDisorders #Neurology ... #Differential #
Huge Umbilical Hernia: Umbilical hernia exacerbated by refractory ascites. Advanced liver disease 
precluded operative repair in
Advanced liver disease ... repair in this case ... Catalog of Clinical ... Images #Clinical ... #Photo #Umbilical
Gynecomastia: Breast development in men, often related to relative increase in estrogen levels. In this case,
In this case, ... with advanced liver ... disease. ... #Photo #Gynecomastia ... #UCSDH
Secondary Causes of Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hypertension - BP > 140/90 (>130/80 for DM)
Hypertensive urgency
Hypertension - Differential ... based on repeat clinic ... Renal Parenchymal Diseases ... Nephritic syndrome • AKI ... HTN #Secondary #Nephrology
Hyponatremia - Diagnosis and Treatment
Hyponatremia is usually caused by the inability to excrete water normally.
3 questions to work ... approach to the differential ... include vaptans (HF/liver ... disease) and augmentation ... Treatment #management #nephrology
Ulcerative Blastomycosis Skin Lesion
57 asymptomatic M from Indiana nonpruritic, painless, progressive skin lesion lower back x
Lives in an old ... house & works as ... University Infectious Diseases ... #dermatology #clinical ... #photo