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Simplified Approach to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
1) IS THIS AN EMERGENCY? 
Is there a dialysis indication
Approach to Acute Kidney ... cases are caused ... you confirmed diagnosis ... for WBCs, RBCs, casts ... #Acute #KidneyInjury
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Acute increase
Kidney Injury (AKI ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Epithelial cell casts ... #Acute #KidneyInjury ... #Causes
Causes of Cystic Renal Mass - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Benign - Anechoic on ultrasound, Well-demarcated on ultrasound/CT,
Causes of Cystic ... contrast - Simple Cysts ... , No cysts in other ... Multiple bilateral cysts ... , Cysts in other
Causes of Chronic Kidney Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Decreased kidney function (eGFR < 60 ml/min/1.73 m2)
- Differential Diagnosis ... • Medullary cystic ... Sterile pyuria, WBC casts ... Hyperphosphatemia #CKD ... #Algorithm #Causes
Causes of Hematuria - Differential Diagnosis
Renal:
 - Glomerular - IgA Nephropathy, Thin basement membrane, Alport syndrome,
Causes of Hematuria ... - Structural - Cysts ... - PKD, Medullary ... sponge kidney ... #Causes #urology
Drug Induced Lupus vs SLE
Drug Induced Lupus (DIL):
 • Epidemiology: -10% of all lupus cases, drug-dependent,
10% of all lupus cases ... myalgia, serositis, Kidney ... Positive in 60-80% of cases ... #rheumatology # ... diagnosis #management
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management Summary

Causes of Rhabdomyolysis:
 • Trauma:
	- Immobilization
	- Crush injury
	- Compartment
- Differential Diagnosis ... Summary Causes ... Cast formation: ... nephrotoxicity to kidney ... #Management #causes
Trigger Finger - Stenosing flexor tendon tenosynovitis

There is a change in the slip between the tendon
hypertrophy, but in some cases ... In the lightest cases ... most advanced cases ... The diagnosis is ... #orthopedics #rheumatology
Scleroderma Renal Crisis (SRC)

Clinical Presentation of Scleroderma Renal Crisis:
1) Acute kidney injury
2) Abrupt onset of hypertension
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Crisis: 1) Acute kidney ... Biopsy to confirm diagnosis ... • Refractory cases ... Renal #Crisis #rheumatology ... #nephrology #diagnosis