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Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Pre-Renal:
 • Hypovolemia, Cardiorenal, Distributive Shock, HRS, Hypercalcemia, Renal
Acute Kidney Injury ... Compartment Syndrome, Medications ... Protein) • AIN: Medication ... Neurogenic Bladder (Medication ... #AKI #Acute #Kidney
Interpreting Kidney Biomarkers

↑ Creatinine: 
 • AKI, CKD
 • Medications that lead to nephroprotective ↓ in
Interpreting Kidney ... • AKI, CKD • Medications ... nephroprotective ↓ in GFR • Medications ... #Biomarkers #Kidney ... #renal #diagnosis
Common ultrasound abnormalities seen on kidney and urinary bladder POCUS

- Dr. Abhilash Koratala MD - NephroPOCUS
Common ultrasound ... abnormalities seen on kidney ... NephroPOCUS @NephroP #kidney ... diagnosis #pocus #ultrasound ... #renal #clinical
Hematuria in Post-Renal Transplant Patient
Prevalence up to 12% in the postrenal transplant patient
 • Bacterial: Escherichia
Hematuria in Post-Renal ... carcinoma (native kidney ... Prostate cancer • Medications ... differential #diagnosis #kidney ... urine #management #treatment
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

PRE-Renal AKI:
 • Hypovolemia
 • Congestion
 • Medications
 •
Acute Kidney Injury ... Framework PRE-Renal ... Congestion • Medications ... Shunting INTRA-Renal ... #AKI #Acute #Kidney
Asymptomatic Bacteriuria - IDSA Indications for Treatment
Healthy non-pregnant women - NO
Healthy pregnant women - YES
Functionally impaired
Bacteriuria - IDSA Indications ... for Treatment Healthy ... Patients with a kidney ... transplant other than a kidney ... #Treatment #management
Renal Infarction on POCUS

An illustrative case of renal infarction: Note that there is almost no color
Renal Infarction ... upper half of the kidney ... consistent with renal ... POCUS #clinical #ultrasound ... #kidney
Causes of Chronic Kidney Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Decreased kidney function (eGFR < 60 ml/min/1.73 m2)
Causes of Chronic Kidney ... Algorithm Decreased kidney ... 3 months Pre-Renal ... Family history, ultrasound ... • Polycystic kidney
Indications for Albumin for Management of Cirrhosis
 • Large volume paracentesis (>5 liter) - 8g per
Indications for ... removed • Acute kidney ... terlipressin #Albumin #Indications ... Management #Cirrhosis #treatment
Upper Extremity Nerve Blocks
Interscalene, Supraclavicular, Infraclavicular, Axillary - Indications, positioning, and anatomy
#Management #Regional #Anesthesia #Local #Upper
Infraclavicular, Axillary - Indications ... anatomy #Management #Regional ... #NerveBlocks #Ultrasound