14 results
Common causes of Acute Kidney Injury AKI - Differential Diagnosis
HEMODYNAMIC
 • Cardiac failure: Impaired forward flow,
Common causes of ... • Cardiac failure ... Interstitial Nephritis (AIN ... #causes #Acute ... #nephrology
Medications causing Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration: Diuretics
 • Altered intrarenal autoregulation: ACEIs / ARBs,
Kidney Injury (AKI ... , tenofovir • AIN ... sphincter tone: • Opiates ... #pharmacology # ... differential #diagnosis
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury ( AKI ) - Prerenal, Renal, and Postrenal

PRE-RENAL 
Impaired perfusion: 
•
Causes of Acute ... Kidney Injury ( AKI ... nephritis • Drugs ... /phimosis #Diagnosis ... #Differential #Nephrology
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Acute increase
Causes of Acute ... - Differential Diagnosis ... in creatinine by ... #Nephrology #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Algorithmic Approach to Acute Interstitial Nephritis
When to suspect AIN? (not sensitive)
 • AKI, AKD, rapidly progressive
Algorithmic Approach to Acute ... sensitive) • AKI ... 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 ... require urgent nephrology ... obstruction, Nephrotoxic drugs ... #Acute #KidneyInjury ... #nephrology
Acute Kidney Injury - Classification
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration
 • Heart failure (a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome)
 • Liver failure
Dehydration • Heart failure ... tubular necrosis (causes ... nephritis (AIN) ... Classification #diagnosis ... #nephrology
Causes of Hyponatremia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Syndrome of Inappropriate ADH - Euvolemic; no physiologic stimulus to
stimulus to ADH • Pain ... Neurologic trauma • Drugs ... Congestive heart failure ... • Reduced GFR, AKI ... #Hyponatremia #Nephrology
Causes of Hyponatremia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Syndrome of Inappropriate ADH - Euvolemic; no physiologic stimulus to
stimulus to ADH • Pain ... Neurologic trauma • Drugs ... Congestive heart failure ... • Reduced GFR, AKI ... #Hyponatremia #Nephrology
Vancomycin Associated Acute Kidney Injury

 • Drug induced acute kidney injury is generally defined as a
a 50% increase in ... #Vancomycin #AKI ... #pharmacology # ... toxicology #diagnosis ... #management #nephrology