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Secondary Causes of Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hypertension - BP > 140/90 (>130/80 for DM)
Hypertensive urgency
multi-drug resistance) Renal ... Parenchymal Diseases • Glomerulonephritis ... • Nephritic syndrome ... • AKI/CKD Mineralocorticoid ... HTN #Secondary #Nephrology
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Acute increase
Kidney Injury (AKI ... - Differential Diagnosis ... • Hepatorenal syndromes ... Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis ... Acute Interstitial Nephritis
Acute Kidney Injury - Classification
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration
 • Heart failure (a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome)
 • Liver failure
disease - Hypertensive ... Post-infectious glomerulonephritis ... tubular necrosis (causes ... Acute interstitial nephritis ... Classification #diagnosis
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury ( AKI ) - Prerenal, Renal, and Postrenal

PRE-RENAL 
Impaired perfusion: 
•
Causes of Acute ... AKI ) - Prerenal ... Glomerulonephritis ... • Prolonged hypotension ... Interstitial nephritis
Common causes of Acute Kidney Injury AKI - Differential Diagnosis
HEMODYNAMIC
 • Cardiac failure: Impaired forward flow,
inhibitors, hepatorenal syndrome ... Glomerulonephritides ... • Prolonged hypotension ... Acute Interstitial Nephritis ... #nephrology
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Acute Kidney Injury ... and Differential Diagnosis ... and signs • Glomerulonephritis ... Interstitial nephritis ... #nephrology #causes
Staphylococcus-associated GlomeruloNephritis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
CLINICAL
 • Nephritic syndrome (Casts)
 • Marked proteinuria (may be
CLINICAL • Nephritic ... syndrome (Casts ... proteinuria (may be nephrotic ... deposits common TREATMENT ... #nephrology #diagnosis
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
and Differential Diagnosis ... with previously stable ... damage such as retinal ... disturbance, or acute kidney ... disease: CKD, acute glomerulonephritis
Diuretics and Agents Regulating Renal Excretion

Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors (Acetazolamide, Dichlorphenamide)
 • Glaucoma
 • Epilepsy
 • Altitude
Diagnosis of ... irrigation • Management ... stones caused by ... Tolvaptan) • Treatment ... #Medications #Table
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management Summary

Causes of Rhabdomyolysis:
 • Trauma:
	- Immobilization
	- Crush injury
	- Compartment
Summary Causes ... injured muscles - HYPOTENSION ... nephrotoxicity to kidney ... #Management #causes ... #treatment #nephrology