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Causes of Chronic Kidney Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Decreased kidney function (eGFR < 60 ml/min/1.73 m2)
Causes of Chronic ... Kidney Disease ... Algorithm Decreased kidney ... 3 months Pre-Renal ... Family history, ultrasound
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury ( AKI ) - Prerenal, Renal, and Postrenal

PRE-RENAL 
Impaired perfusion: 
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Causes of Acute ... Kidney Injury ( ... ) - Prerenal, Renal ... Prostate cancer Cervical ... Diagnosis #Acute #Kidney
Ultrasound-Guided Regional Nerve Blocks in Emergency Medicine: Superficial Cervical Plexus Nerve Block
Uses in the Emergency Department:
Ultrasound-Guided ... Medicine: Superficial Cervical ... Plexus Nerve Block Uses ... laceration, clavicle fracture ... #nerve #block #ultrasound
Cortical nephrocalcinosis on Renal POCUS
POCUS incidental finding - Cortical nephrocalcinosis  is rare.  Rarely a
on Renal POCUS ... The cause should ... nephrocalcinosis #Renal ... #kidney #POCUS ... #clinical #ultrasound
Common causes of Acute Kidney Injury AKI - Differential Diagnosis
HEMODYNAMIC
 • Cardiac failure: Impaired forward flow,
Common causes of ... Acute Kidney Injury ... thromboembolism, renal ... tumors INTRINSINC RENAL ... NephroP #AKI #causes
Renal Infarction on POCUS

An illustrative case of renal infarction: Note that there is almost no color
Renal Infarction ... An illustrative case ... upper half of the kidney ... POCUS #clinical #ultrasound ... #kidney
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis and Screening Testing
Common causes: 
 • Renal parenchymal disease
Causes of Secondary ... ultrasound, Tests ... Duplex Doppler ultrasound ... h urinary free cortisol ... midnight salivary cortisol
Back Pain - Differential Diagnosis
Primary Back Pathology:
 • Musculoligamentous injury (a.k.a. lumbosacral strain)
 • Spondylosis (i.e.
• Compression fracture ... , Pathologic fracture ... breast, prostate, renal ... collection • Kidney ... Differential #Diagnosis #causes
Hepatorenal Syndrome (HRS) - Diagnostic Criteria
HRS-AKI (Acute: previously known as HRS Type 1)
 • ↑ Creatinine
haematuria, Normal renal ... ultrasound HRS-NAKI ... - No other cause ... of kidney disease ... - No other cause
Low Alkaline Phosphatase - Hypophosphatasia 

Is Low Alkaline Phosphatase Of Clinical Importance?

ALP enzyme- Discovered in 1923
Low
tubule of the kidney ... • recurrent fractures ... neuropathy • Renal ... : - Renal failure ... Phosphatase: • Other causes