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Medications causing Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration: Diuretics
 • Altered intrarenal autoregulation: ACEIs / ARBs,
decongestants) • Any drug ... #Acute #Kidney ... #Medications #Drugs ... #pharmacology # ... differential #diagnosis
Common causes of Acute Kidney Injury AKI - Differential Diagnosis
HEMODYNAMIC
 • Cardiac failure: Impaired forward flow,
Kidney Injury AKI ... - Differential Diagnosis ... systemic disease or drugs ... hypotension • Drugs ... Nephritis (AIN) • Drugs
Vancomycin Associated Acute Kidney Injury

 • Drug induced acute kidney injury is generally defined as a
Drug induced ... acute kidney injury ... 24-72 hours of drug ... #Vancomycin #AKI ... #pharmacology #
Reticulocyte Production Index = (Retic %) x (Hct / 45) / Maturation Factor
The maturation factor is
deficiencies: Chronic kidney ... . drugs, chemotherapy ... Index > 3: • Acute ... Production #Index #hematology ... #diagnosis #calculation
Drug Induced Liver Injury (DILI) - Stepwise Diagnosis Algorithm
DILI suspicion
Features toxic aetiology: Skin involvement, Kidney injury,
Drug Induced Liver ... Skin involvement, Kidney ... exposure to HDS, drugs ... non-essential drug ... dechallenge • Acute
Simplified Approach to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
1) IS THIS AN EMERGENCY? 
Is there a dialysis indication
Simplified Approach to Acute ... Kidney Injury ( ... AEIOU ) or anuria ... obstruction, Nephrotoxic drugs ... #Acute #KidneyInjury
Causes of Fatigue - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Endocrine
 • Hypo/Hyperthyroidism
 • Diabetes
 • Pituitary Insufficiency
 • Adrenal
Neoplastic / Hematologic ... • Anemia • ... Anti-Depressants • Drug ... Alcohol) • Drug ... Malnutrition / Drug
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
Classification: • Acute ... . hematologic) ... lymphopenia, low PLT • Anemia ... extremities Drug ... • Antihistone: Drug
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
Heart, lung, and kidney ... ) • Sepsis • Drug-induced ... with leukopenia, anemia ... Activation #Syndrome #Diagnosis ... #Management #Hematology