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Jugular Venous Pressure Measurement
Examiner places the patient in a reclined position and puts the base of
Jugular Venous Pressure ... Positive: JVP > ... , or sustained JVP ... #Diagnosis #PhysicalExam ... #JVP #JVD #JugularVenous
Mechanisms of nephron damage in cardiorenal syndrome
 • Increased renal interstitial pressure
 • Hypoperfusion
 • Reduced
blood flow • Tubular ... damage • Tubular ... • Increased AVP ... • Increased CVP ... pathophysiology #nephrology
Causes of acute kidney injury (AKI). AKI is classified into pre-renal, renal, and post-renal causes. Renal
kidney injury (AKI ... AKI is classified ... supply; glomerular, tubular ... #Diagnosis #AKI ... Causes #Sites #Nephrology
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

PRE-Renal AKI:
 • Hypovolemia
 • Congestion
 • Medications
 •
Kidney Injury (AKI ... - Differential Diagnosis ... , Anti-GBM • Tubular ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #nephrology
Renal Tubular Disorders

 • Distal Renal Tubular Acidosis (Type 1)
 • Proximal Renal Tubular Acidosis (Type
Renal Tubular Disorders ... • Distal Renal Tubular ... Proximal Renal Tubular ... pathophysiology #nephrology ... #diagnosis
Abnormal Jugular Venous Pressure (JVP) Algorithm
Outward Wave / Peak
 • With Every Beat
Abnormal Jugular ... Venous Pressure (JVP ... #Jugular #Venous ... Pressure #Algorithm #diagnosis ... #cardiology #physicalexam
Interpreting Kidney Biomarkers

↑ Creatinine: 
 • AKI, CKD
 • Medications that lead to nephroprotective ↓ in
Creatinine: • AKI ... Medications that ↓ renal tubular ... Cystatin C: • AKI ... Kidney #renal #diagnosis ... #laboratory #nephrology
Algorithmic Approach to Acute Interstitial Nephritis
When to suspect AIN? (not sensitive)
 • AKI, AKD, rapidly progressive
sensitive) • AKI ... , AKD, rapidly progressive ... hematuria, mild tubular ... AIN #Algorithm #nephrology ... #diagnosis
Schematic Diagram of Specific Transport Defects in some Renal Tubular Disorders

#Diagnosis #Nephrology #Nephron #Transport #Defects #Sites
in some Renal Tubular ... Disorders #Diagnosis ... #Nephrology #Nephron ... #Sites #Renal #Tubular
Renal Tubular Acidosis - Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Hyperkalemic Type 4 RTA
 • Hypokalemic Type 1 RTA
Renal Tubular Acidosis ... - Diagnosis Algorithm ... #RTA #Renal #Tubular ... #Acidosis #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #nephrology