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Common causes of Acute Kidney Injury AKI - Differential Diagnosis
HEMODYNAMIC
 • Cardiac failure: Impaired forward flow,
Common causes of ... - Differential ... inhibitors, hepatorenal syndrome ... nephropathy • Secondary ... #Diagnosis #nephrology
Secondary causes of Hypertension
 • Medications, Drugs, Chemo: NSAIDS, Steroids, CNI, Alcohol, Cocaine, OCP, Licorice, MAOI,
Secondary causes ... Hypertension • Medications ... Anti VEGF agents, TKI ... #differential # ... diagnosis
Hypomagnesemia - Differential Diagnosis
Renal Causes of Hypomagnesemia - Familial:
Bartter syndrome and Gitelman syndrome, Isolated recessive hypomagnesemia,
Diagnosis Renal ... Hypomagnesemia with secondary ... #diagnosis #causes ... #nephrology #magnesium ... #low
Hypokalemia Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hypertensive:
 • High Al, Low R - Primary aldosteronism
 • High Al, High
Hypokalemia Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... R - Primary aldosteronism ... High Al, High R - Secondary ... #nephrology #causes
Etiologies of Peripheral Neuropathy
 • Metabolic / Nutritional: DiabetesB12 deficiency, Uremia/ESRD, Hypothyroidism
 • Medication-induced: ART, Antibiotics,
HIV, Hepatitis, Syphilis ... , myeloma, secondary ... Peripheral #Neuropathy #differential ... #diagnosis #causes ... #neurology
Physiologic Approach to Hypotonic Hyponatremia
The next time you have a case of hypotonic hyponatremia, give the
Cirrhosis, Nephrotic syndrome ... water intake (Primary ... #Hyponatremia #differential ... #diagnosis #table ... #sodium #nephrology
Causes of Hypomagnesemia
 • Redistribution: IV glucose, Correction of diabetic ketoacidosis, IV hyperalimentation, Refeeding after starvation,
Hypercalcemic states, Primary ... or secondary aldosteronism ... #differential # ... diagnosis #nephrology ... #magnesium #low
Causes of Membranous Nephropathy (MN)
Primary (75-80%)
 • PLA2R antigen (70-80%)
 • Thrombospondin (1-5%)
Secondary (20-25%)
 • Infection
Nephropathy (MN) Primary ... Thrombospondin (1-5%) Secondary ... Hepatitis B, C, Syphilis ... Lupus, Sjogren syndrome ... #diagnosis #nephrology
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
Causes of Secondary ... Diagnosis Approach ... Hypothyroidism, Primary ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #indications
Metabolic Causes of Kidney Stones in Children
 • Calcium Oxalate: Primary Hyperoxaluria type 1-3, Secondary Hyperoxaluria
Calcium Oxalate: Primary ... type 1-4, Lowe ... Stones #pediatrics #nephrology ... #differential # ... diagnosis