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Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Pre-Renal:
 • Hypovolemia, Cardiorenal, Distributive Shock, HRS, Hypercalcemia, Renal
Kidney Injury (AKI ... Abdominal Compartment Syndrome ... , Medications Intra-Renal ... Medicine @SCVMCMed #AKI ... Differential #Diagnosis #nephrology
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

PRE-Renal AKI:
 • Hypovolemia
 • Congestion
 • Medications
 •
Framework PRE-Renal ... Congestion • Medications ... Shunting INTRA-Renal ... Drug-induced POST-Renal ... Differential #Diagnosis #nephrology
Interpreting Kidney Biomarkers

↑ Creatinine: 
 • AKI, CKD
 • Medications that lead to nephroprotective ↓ in
Creatinine: • AKI ... , CKD • Medications ... that ↓ renal tubular ... Cystatin C: • AKI ... diagnosis #laboratory #nephrology
Secondary causes of Hypertension
 • Medications, Drugs, Chemo: NSAIDS, Steroids, CNI, Alcohol, Cocaine, OCP, Licorice, MAOI,
Hypertension • Medications ... Anti VEGF agents, TKI ... Pseudoephedrine • Primary Renal ... Pseudopheochromocytoma - respond to SSRIs ... , Geller syndrome
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) in Patients with Cancer 

Cancer Related 
• Hypercalcemia 
• Intravenous contrast 
•
Kidney Injury (AKI ... gammopathy of renal ... Capillary leak syndrome ... Kidney #Injury #AKI ... Classification #Nephrology
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Kidney Injury - AKI ... Abdominal compartment syndrome ... syndrome: troponin ... Kidney #Injury #AKI ... Differential #Diagnosis #nephrology
Acute Kidney Injury - Classification
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration
 • Heart failure (a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome)
 • Liver failure
a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome ... a.k.a. hepatorenal syndrome ... prolonged prerenal AKI ... tract infection • Medications ... Classification #diagnosis #nephrology
Hypomagnesemia - Differential Diagnosis
Renal Causes of Hypomagnesemia - Familial:
Bartter syndrome and Gitelman syndrome, Isolated recessive hypomagnesemia,
Differential Diagnosis Renal ... Familial: Bartter syndrome ... and Gitelman syndrome ... Hypomagnesemia - Acquired: Medications ... diagnosis #causes #nephrology
Pharmacological Treatment of Hepatorenal Syndrome (HRS)

Midodrine - Alpha agonist incr blood pressure incr renal perfusion pressure
of Hepatorenal Syndrome ... pressure incr renal ... #HepatoRenal #Syndrome ... #Nephrology #Management ... #Pharmacology #Medications
Common causes of Acute Kidney Injury AKI - Differential Diagnosis
HEMODYNAMIC
 • Cardiac failure: Impaired forward flow,
Kidney Injury AKI ... inhibitors, hepatorenal syndrome ... thromboembolism, renal ... tumors INTRINSINC RENAL ... Differential #Diagnosis #nephrology