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Medications causing Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration: Diuretics
 • Altered intrarenal autoregulation: ACEIs / ARBs,
Acute Kidney Injury ... • Dehydration: Diuretics ... sphincter tone: • Opiates ... #Acute #Kidney ... #Drugs #pharmacology
Acute Kidney Injury - Differential Diagnosis Framework
PRERENAL:
 - Intrarenal vasoconstriction-hemodynamically mediated
 - Systemic vasodilation
 - Volume
Acute Kidney Injury ... volume deficiency, Diuretics ... Avoiding nephrotoxic drugs ... treating underlying cause ... #AKI #Differential
Diuretics and Agents Regulating Renal Excretion

Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors (Acetazolamide, Dichlorphenamide)
 • Glaucoma
 • Epilepsy
 • Altitude
disequilibrium syndrome • Diagnosis ... Torsemide) • Acute ... stones caused by ... #Nephrology #Pharmacology ... #Medications #Table
Causes of Hypomagnesemia
Redistribution:
 - IV glucose
 - Correction of diabetic ketoacidosis
 - IV hyperalimentation
 - Refeeding
Causes of Hypomagnesemia ... starvation - Acute ... #diagnosis #differential ... #medications #drugs ... #pharmacology #
Hepatorenal Syndrome (HRS)

Definition:
• Functional, potentially reversible kidney impairment.
• Occurs in advanced liver disease: cirrhosis, severe alcoholic
hepatitis, or acute ... • Caused by splanchnic ... Diagnosis (Clinical ... Exclude other AKI ... Diagnostic Support
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management Summary

Causes of Rhabdomyolysis:
 • Trauma:
	- Immobilization
	- Crush injury
	- Compartment
- Differential Diagnosis ... - Toxins - Drugs ... Dermatomyositis Clinical ... nephrotoxicity to kidney ... Loop diuretics for
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
and Differential Diagnosis ... , including a diuretic ... kidney injury). ... 109 mm Hg) with clinical ... #indications
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
important to recognize Acute ... forward flow to the kidneys ... excreted using diuretics ... the determined cause ... #pharmacology