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Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) in Patients with Cancer 

Cancer Related 
• Hypercalcemia 
• Intravenous contrast 
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sinusoidal obstructive syndrome ... Capillary leak syndrome ... • Tumor lysis syndrome ... Cancer #Oncology #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Classification
Causes of Hyponatremia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Syndrome of Inappropriate ADH - Euvolemic; no physiologic stimulus to
Diagnosis Algorithm ... Syndrome of Inappropriate ... Pain/Post-op • Neurologic ... • Nephrotic syndrome ... • Reduced GFR, AKI
Causes of Hyponatremia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Syndrome of Inappropriate ADH - Euvolemic; no physiologic stimulus to
Diagnosis Algorithm ... Syndrome of Inappropriate ... Pain/Post-op • Neurologic ... • Nephrotic syndrome ... • Reduced GFR, AKI
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Kidney Injury - AKI ... Diagnosis Baseline ... Abdominal compartment syndrome ... • Cardio-renal syndrome ... #Diagnosis #nephrology
Common causes of Acute Kidney Injury AKI - Differential Diagnosis
HEMODYNAMIC
 • Cardiac failure: Impaired forward flow,
Kidney Injury AKI ... - Differential ... inhibitors, hepatorenal syndrome ... NSAlDs, antibiotics ... #Diagnosis #nephrology
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Pre-Renal:
 • Hypovolemia, Cardiorenal, Distributive Shock, HRS, Hypercalcemia, Renal
Kidney Injury (AKI ... ) - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... Abdominal Compartment Syndrome ... #Diagnosis #nephrology
Etiologies of Peripheral Neuropathy
 • Metabolic / Nutritional: DiabetesB12 deficiency, Uremia/ESRD, Hypothyroidism
 • Medication-induced: ART, Antibiotics,
Medication-induced: ART, Antibiotics ... Paraprotein-associated (POEMS syndrome ... Peripheral #Neuropathy #differential ... #diagnosis #causes ... #neurology
Causes of HyperKalemia - Differential Diagnosis
Increased extracellular K+:
 • Tissue injury
 • Hemolysis
 • Rhabdomyolysis
 •
HyperKalemia - Differential ... Diagnosis Increased ... • Tumor lysis syndrome ... Elimination: • AKI ... blockers - MCW Nephrology
Workup for Hyperphosphatemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Rule out spurious hyperphosphatemia: paraproteinemia, hyperlipidemia, hemolysis, hyperbilirubinemia, liposomal amphotericin
Hyperphosphatemia - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... Rhabdomyolysis, Tumor lysis syndrome ... Kidney Disease: • AKI ... Workup #phosphate #nephrology
Secondary Causes of Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hypertension - BP > 140/90 (>130/80 for DM)
Hypertensive urgency
Hypertension - Differential ... • Nephritic syndrome ... • AKI/CKD Mineralocorticoid ... Excess: • Conn's syndrome ... Licorice • Liddle's syndrome