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Medications causing Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration: Diuretics
 • Altered intrarenal autoregulation: ACEIs / ARBs,
Kidney Injury ( ... sphincter tone: • Opiates ... decongestants) • Any drug ... #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 #
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 Acute Pericarditis:

Infectious;

Viral: 
Adenovirus 
Coxsackie virus A and B 
Echovirus 
Epstein-Barr virus 
Hepatitis 
Human immunodeficiency
Causes of Acute ... idiopathic* Acute ... induced (select drugs ... pericarditis) Uremia ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
liver or renal injury ... circulation If drugs ... peritonitis - Acute ... 30mmHg) - Severe anemia ... Alcohol • Type B2: Drugs
Differential Diagnosis: New-Onset Seizure in the Elderly

STRUCTURAL:
 • Stroke/TIA, Subdural hematoma, mass
 • Traumatic Brain Injury
Differential Diagnosis ... Traumatic Brain Injury ... (TBI) - Acute ... withdrawal • Drug ... Polypharmacy - Drug