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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 ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Hyperphosphatemia #CKD ... KidneyDisease #Nephrology
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Acute Kidney Injury ... ultrasonography, serum ... osmolarity If cause ... #Diagnosis #nephrology ... #causes
Guide to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)

What to ask/look for: 
 - HPI, PMH, full ROS
Guide to Acute Kidney ... - Hx of AKI/CKD ... disease — 21% ... AcuteKidneyInjury #AKI #Nephrology ... #Differential
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury ( AKI ) - Prerenal, Renal, and Postrenal

PRE-RENAL 
Impaired perfusion: 
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Causes of Acute ... • Sepsis • Blood ... • Inflammatory disease ... Postrenal #Failure #Differential ... #Nephrology
Hypocalcemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Low Serum Mg: GI losses, Renal losses, Alcoholism, Malnutrition, Drug-Induced
Algorithm • Low Serum ... Mg: GI losses, Renal ... Hyperparathyroidism: CKD ... , infiltrative disease ... Large volumes of blood
Urinary Casts and Disease Associations
Hyaline - May be nonspecific; seen in normal individuals or during severe
Disease Associations ... broad - Advanced kidney ... disease Red blood ... tubulointerstitial nephritis, renal ... #Differential #
Hematuria in Post-Renal Transplant Patient
Prevalence up to 12% in the postrenal transplant patient
 • Bacterial: Escherichia
, Busulfan • Disease ... #Transplant #differential ... #blood #urine # ... management #treatment ... #nephrology
Secondary Causes of Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hypertension - BP > 140/90 (>130/80 for DM)
Hypertensive urgency
visits, Ambulatory blood ... multi-drug resistance) Renal ... Parenchymal Diseases ... syndrome • AKI/CKD ... HTN #Secondary #Nephrology
Hyperkalemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

PseudoHyperkalemia:
 • Lab error
 • Traumatic venipuncture
 • Hemolysis, thrombocytosis, leukocytosis
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Hyperkalemia - Differential ... Hyperkalemia: • CKD ... • Addison’s disease ... #diagnosis #causes ... potassium #high #nephrology
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
Hypertension - Workup and Differential ... disturbance, or acute kidney ... Renal parenchymal ... disease: CKD, acute ... #Differential #