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Causes of HyperKalemia - Differential Diagnosis
Increased extracellular K+:
 • Tissue injury
 • Hemolysis
 • Rhabdomyolysis
 •
- Differential Diagnosis ... K+: • Tissue injury ... • Tumor lysis syndrome ... Elimination: • AKI ... blockers - MCW Nephrology
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) in Patients with Cancer 

Cancer Related 
• Hypercalcemia 
• Intravenous contrast 
•
sinusoidal obstructive syndrome ... Capillary leak syndrome ... • Tumor lysis syndrome ... #Classification ... #Nephrology
Classification of Tumor Lysis Syndrome (TLS) and Treatment of Metabolic Abnormalities of TLS
Laboratory TLS:
 • Uric
Classification of ... Tumor Lysis Syndrome ... Clinical TLS: • AKI ... #TumorLysis #Syndrome ... #TLS #diagnosis
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Common Patterns on Urinalysis
 - Prerenal
 - ATN
 - AIN
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Acute Kidney Injury ... UTI - Nephrotic Syndrome ... - Nephritic Syndrome ... #Urinalysis #diagnosis ... table #comparison #nephrology
Acute Kidney Injury - Classification
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration
 • Heart failure (a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome)
 • Liver failure
Acute Kidney Injury ... - Classification ... a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome ... a.k.a. hepatorenal syndrome ... #diagnosis #nephrology
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Pre-Renal:
 • Hypovolemia, Cardiorenal, Distributive Shock, HRS, Hypercalcemia, Renal
Acute Kidney Injury ... (AKI) - Differential ... Pre-Renal: • Hypovolemia ... Abdominal Compartment Syndrome ... #nephrology #causes
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
- AKI Workup Algorithm ... Abdominal compartment syndrome ... • Cardio-renal syndrome ... #AKI #Workup #Algorithm ... #nephrology #causes
Hypomagnesemia - Etiologies by Mechanism

Decreased GI Uptake 
 - Poor dietary intake (particularly common in alcoholics)
renal Mg wasting syndromes ... - Gitelman syndrome ... - Hungry bones syndrome ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Causes #Workup
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management Summary

Causes of Rhabdomyolysis:
 • Trauma:
	- Immobilization
	- Crush injury
	- Compartment
- Differential Diagnosis ... - Compartment syndrome ... Neuroleptic malignant syndrome ... or compartment syndrome ... causes #treatment #nephrology
Causes of Hyponatremia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Syndrome of Inappropriate ADH - Euvolemic; no physiologic stimulus to
Algorithm Syndrome ... Malignancy True hypovolemia ... • Nephrotic syndrome ... • Reduced GFR, AKI ... #Hyponatremia #Nephrology