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Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Pre-Renal:
 • Hypovolemia, Cardiorenal, Distributive Shock, HRS, Hypercalcemia, Renal
Kidney Injury (AKI ... Abdominal Compartment Syndrome ... , Medications Intra-Renal ... Medicine @SCVMCMed #AKI ... Differential #Diagnosis #nephrology
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

PRE-Renal AKI:
 • Hypovolemia
 • Congestion
 • Medications
 •
Framework PRE-Renal ... Congestion • Medications ... Shunting INTRA-Renal ... Drug-induced POST-Renal ... Differential #Diagnosis #nephrology
Interpreting Kidney Biomarkers

↑ Creatinine: 
 • AKI, CKD
 • Medications that lead to nephroprotective ↓ in
Creatinine: • AKI ... , CKD • Medications ... that ↓ renal tubular ... Cystatin C: • AKI ... diagnosis #laboratory #nephrology
Drug-induced renal disorders - The most commonly used nephrotoxic drugs

#Pharmacology #Nephrotoxicity #Drugs #Medications #Most #Common #DrugInduced
Drug-induced renal ... nephrotoxic drugs #Pharmacology ... Nephrotoxicity #Drugs #Medications ... #KidneyInjury #AKI
High yield pharmacology notes
#pharmacology #antibiotics #nephrology #sideeffects #syndrome #medications
High yield pharmacology ... notes #pharmacology ... #antibiotics #nephrology ... #sideeffects #syndrome ... #medications
Guide to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)

What to ask/look for: 
 - HPI, PMH, full ROS
- Urine Na/K/Cl ... protein/Cr - Renal ... - 45% - Pre-renal ... mostly ATN and pre-renal ... #Nephrology #Diagnosis
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) in Patients with Cancer 

Cancer Related 
• Hypercalcemia 
• Intravenous contrast 
•
Kidney Injury (AKI ... gammopathy of renal ... Capillary leak syndrome ... Kidney #Injury #AKI ... Classification #Nephrology
Pharmacological Treatment of Hepatorenal Syndrome (HRS)

Midodrine - Alpha agonist incr blood pressure incr renal perfusion pressure
of Hepatorenal Syndrome ... pressure incr renal ... #HepatoRenal #Syndrome ... #Pharmacology # ... Medications #Treatment
Inherited Defects in Kidney Tubule Epithelial Cells

Renal glucosuria - Na+-dependent glucose cotransporter
Cystinuria - Amino acid transporter
Bartter
Epithelial Cells Renal ... limb Gitelman syndrome ... tubule Liddle syndrome ... receptor Distal renal ... Defects #Kidney #Nephrology
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Kidney Injury - AKI ... Abdominal compartment syndrome ... syndrome: troponin ... Kidney #Injury #AKI ... Differential #Diagnosis #nephrology