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General approach to AKI - Checklist

Urine electrolytes & FENa - Previously, it was believed that urine
sodium excretion ... FENa) could help differentiate ... performance for diagnosing ... acute tubular interstitial ... AcuteKidneyInjury #Nephrology
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Acute Kidney Injury ... - AKI Workup Algorithm ... Diagnosis Baseline ... #Injury #AKI #Workup ... #Diagnosis #nephrology
Workup for Hypophosphatemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Rule out spurious hypophosphatemia: paraproteinemia, acute leukemia
Measure Urine Fractional Excretion
- Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... leukemia Measure Urine ... Denosumab, Estrogen based ... #nephrology
Hypernatremia - Differential Diagnosis Workup Algorithm

1) Check Urine Osmolality:
 > 600 mOsm/kg - Implies extrarenal mechanism
Diagnosis Workup ... Algorithm 1) Check Urine ... #Diagnosis #Workup ... #Algorithm #nephrology ... #sodium
Normal Anion-Gap Acidosis (NAGMA) - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Workup

NAGMA
- Chem, ABG or VBG
- Calculate Anion
Diagnosis Framework ... and Workup NAGMA ... Calculate Anion Gap - UAG ... #Diagnosis #Workup ... #nephrology
Approach to Acid Base Disorders - Evaluation and Differential Diagnosis
1) Start with the Anion Gap (AG).
2)
Diagnosis 1) Start ... the chronicity (acute ... , chronic, or acute ... Differential Diagnosis ... Disorders #Evaluation #workup
Physiologic Approach to Hypotonic Hyponatremia
The next time you have a case of hypotonic hyponatremia, give the
normal volume-based ... algorithm Urine ... #Hyponatremia #differential ... #diagnosis #table ... #sodium #nephrology
Metabolic Alkalosis - Urinary Chloride Algorithm
Cl- responsive metabolic alkalosis
 • Kidney loss of Cl-
poisoning Normal acid-base ... sodium is typically ... the excretion of sodium ... #differential # ... diagnosis
Hypophosphatemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Appropriately Low Kidney Phosphate Excretion:
 • Decreased GI Absorption: Chronic Diarrhea, Antacids,
Diagnosis Algorithm ... Refeeding Syndrome, Acute ... inhibitor, Estrogen based ... #nephrology #phosphorus ... #workup
Hypernatremia - Differential Diagnosis and Treatment
Hypernatremia is almost always due to unreplaced water loss (free water
based on history ... , exam, and urine ... DI; high dilute urine ... , Dehydration: neurologic ... #sodium