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Causes of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Acute increase
Causes of Acute ... - Differential Diagnosis ... polyangiitis /microscopic ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #Causes
Medications causing Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration: Diuretics
 • Altered intrarenal autoregulation: ACEIs / ARBs,
Medications causing Acute ... Kidney Injury (AKI ... sphincter tone: • Opiates ... #pharmacology # ... differential #diagnosis
Algorithmic Approach to Acute Interstitial Nephritis
When to suspect AIN? (not sensitive)
 • AKI, AKD, rapidly progressive
Algorithmic Approach to Acute ... sensitive) • AKI ... eosinophiluria, microscopic ... sediment • Received drug ... Algorithm #nephrology #diagnosis
Simplified Approach to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
1) IS THIS AN EMERGENCY? 
Is there a dialysis indication
Simplified Approach to Acute ... obstruction, Nephrotoxic drugs ... you confirmed diagnosis ... Assess UA w/ microscopy ... #Acute #KidneyInjury
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Acute Kidney Injury ... and Differential Diagnosis ... dipstick, urine microscopy ... osmolarity If cause ... investigations depending on clinical
Vancomycin Associated Acute Kidney Injury

 • Drug induced acute kidney injury is generally defined as a
induced acute kidney ... • Treatment includes ... #Vancomycin #AKI ... #pharmacology # ... toxicology #diagnosis
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management Summary

Causes of Rhabdomyolysis:
 • Trauma:
	- Immobilization
	- Crush injury
	- Compartment
- Differential Diagnosis ... Management Summary Causes ... - Toxins - Drugs ... Dermatomyositis Clinical ... + myoglobin AKI
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
circulation If drugs ... before beginning treatment ... cardiac output - Acute ... peritonitis - Acute ... Alcohol • Type B2: Drugs
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
Clinical Picture ... myasthenia Diagnosis ... aspiration and acute ... precipitated by: Drugs ... Myasthenia #Gravis #diagnosis
Borrelia recurrentis on Peripheral Blood Smear
23M Somali refugee recently arrived w/severe abd pain, confusion and fever
Pediculus humanus, AKA ... LBRF can be diagnosed ... of blood smear, acute ... recurrentis #BloodSmear #microscopy ... #pathology #clinical