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Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Pre-Renal:
 • Hypovolemia, Cardiorenal, Distributive Shock, HRS, Hypercalcemia, Renal
Acute Kidney Injury ... Framework Pre-Renal ... Hypercalcemia, Renal ... Intra-Renal: • ... Autoimmune Post-Renal
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

PRE-Renal AKI:
 • Hypovolemia
 • Congestion
 • Medications
 •
Acute Kidney Injury ... Framework PRE-Renal ... Congestion • Medications ... Shunting INTRA-Renal ... Drug-induced POST-Renal
Hematuria in Post-Renal Transplant Patient
Prevalence up to 12% in the postrenal transplant patient
 • Bacterial: Escherichia
Hematuria in Post-Renal ... infections (HPV, EBV), Renal ... Goodpasture's syndrome, SLE ... #Hematuria #Renal ... #nephrology
Algorithm for the Treatment of Membranous Lupus Nephritis
Sub-nephrotic-range proteinuria (<3.5g/d, normal serum albumin) and Preserved kidney
Algorithm for the Treatment ... Immunosuppression to treat non-renal ... SLE 4. ... to treat extra-renal ... #management #nephrology
Approach to Gout
Diagnosis: r/o septic arthritis! Needle-shaped, negative birefringent crystals
Treatment:
 • Weight loss, diet, d/c culprit
diet, d/c culprit medications ... • Acute: NSAIDs ... • Colchicine: Acute ... Urate nephropathy, renal ... #ULT #rheumatology
Vancomycin Associated Acute Kidney Injury

 • Drug induced acute kidney injury is generally defined as a
Vancomycin Associated Acute ... • Drug induced acute ... particularly underlying renal ... • Treatment includes ... diagnosis #management #nephrology
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) in Patients with Cancer 

Cancer Related 
• Hypercalcemia 
• Intravenous contrast 
•
Acute Kidney Injury ... gammopathy of renal ... malignancies Treatment ... #Kidney #Injury ... Classification #Nephrology
Diuretics and Agents Regulating Renal Excretion

Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors (Acetazolamide, Dichlorphenamide)
 • Glaucoma
 • Epilepsy
 • Altitude
Agents Regulating Renal ... Inhibitors of Renal ... Tolvaptan) • Treatment ... #Diuretics #Renal ... #Table
To improve the usefulness of the serum creatinine concentration as a marker of kidney function, prediction
as a marker of kidney ... Modification of Diet in Renal ... unless a patient's renal ... as are seen in acute ... renal failure,
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
damage such as retinal ... kidney injury). ... eg, presence of renal ... • Vascular: Renal ... Renal parenchymal