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Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Acute Kidney Injury ... Abdominal compartment syndrome ... • Cardio-renal syndrome ... imaging #Acute #Kidney ... Differential #Diagnosis #nephrology
Urine Specific Gravity - Interpretation
Specific Gravity = Density of urine / Density of water
SG close to
Urine Specific Gravity ... Gravity = Density of urine ... 1.010: • Advanced kidney ... Dehydration • SIADH (syndrome ... #differential #nephrology
Metformin Treatment in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes and Chronic Kidney Disease Stages 3A, 3B, or
Metformin Treatment ... Diabetes and Chronic Kidney ... #CKD4 #Dosing #Pharmacology ... VisualAbstract #Nephrology
Pharmacological Treatment of Hepatorenal Syndrome (HRS)

Midodrine - Alpha agonist incr blood pressure incr renal perfusion pressure
Pharmacological Treatment ... of Hepatorenal Syndrome ... edgarvlermamd - Nephrology ... #Nephrology #Management ... #Pharmacology #
Hematuria in Post-Renal Transplant Patient
Prevalence up to 12% in the postrenal transplant patient
 • Bacterial: Escherichia
carcinoma (native kidney ... (Goodpasture's syndrome ... #blood #urine # ... management #treatment ... #nephrology
Metabolic Alkalosis - Urinary Chloride Algorithm
Cl- responsive metabolic alkalosis
 • Kidney loss of Cl-
alkalosis • Kidney ... Cl- outside the kidneys ... diuretic use, Bartter syndrome ... , Gitelman syndrome ... #Algorithm #nephrology
Algorithm for patients with hypokalemia on the basis of the potassium-to-creatinine ratio in the urine
Urine K+
↑ Aldosterone: Kidney ... Aldosterone: Cushing syndrome ... excess, Liddle syndrome ... , Gitelman syndrome ... algorithm #diagnosis #nephrology
Management of Pediatric Kidney Stones
Acute Managment:
 • Pain relief: NSAIDs, opioids
 • Facilitating passage of stone:
Management of Pediatric ... Kidney Stones Acute ... retrieve stone using urine ... Stones #Management #Pediatrics ... #nephrology #nephrolithiasis
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) in Patients with Cancer 

Cancer Related 
• Hypercalcemia 
• Intravenous contrast 
•
Acute Kidney Injury ... malignancies Treatment ... Capillary leak syndrome ... cyclophosphamide) #Acute #Kidney ... Classification #Nephrology
Urinary Casts and Disease Associations
Hyaline - May be nonspecific; seen in normal individuals or during severe
and concentrated urine ... broad - Advanced kidney ... Fatty - Nephrotic syndrome ... edgarvlermamd - Nephrology ... Microscopy #Diagnosis #Nephrology