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Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Common Patterns on Urinalysis
 - Prerenal
 - ATN
 - AIN
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Acute Kidney Injury ... Syndrome - Nephritic ... Syndrome Dr. ... #table #comparison ... #nephrology
Differentiation Between Nephrotic Syndrome and Nephritic Syndrome 
== Nephrotic Syndrome ==
Onset - Insidious 
Edema - ++++
Blood
Syndrome and Nephritic ... Syndrome == Nephrotic ... Syndrome == Onset ... #Syndrome #Nephritic ... #Nephrology #Diagnosis
Initial Clinical and Laboratory Data Base for Defining Major Syndromes in Nephrology

#Major #Syndromes #Nephrology #Diagnosis #Workup
Defining Major Syndromes ... #Major #Syndromes ... #Nephrology #Diagnosis ... #Workup #Differential ... #Table
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Pre-Renal:
 • Hypovolemia, Cardiorenal, Distributive Shock, HRS, Hypercalcemia, Renal
Acute Kidney Injury ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Framework Pre-Renal ... Abdominal Compartment Syndrome ... #nephrology #causes
Workup for Hyperphosphatemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Rule out spurious hyperphosphatemia: paraproteinemia, hyperlipidemia, hemolysis, hyperbilirubinemia, liposomal amphotericin
Framework Rule ... Rhabdomyolysis, Tumor lysis syndrome ... CKD Increased Renal ... #Framework #Workup ... #phosphate #nephrology
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Acute Kidney Injury ... • Interstitial nephritis ... Abdominal compartment syndrome ... syndrome: troponin ... #nephrology #causes
Hypernatremia Diagnosis and Workup

Step 1 . Repeat the sodium concentration.
Step 2.  Check plasma osmolality.
NORMAL PLASMA
Hypernatremia Diagnosis ... and Workup Step ... liver failure • nephrotic ... syndromerenal ... #Nephrology
Workup for Hypophosphatemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Rule out spurious hypophosphatemia: paraproteinemia, acute leukemia
Measure Urine Fractional Excretion
alkalosis, Hungry bone syndrome ... Tumor genesis syndrome ... FEPO4 ≥ 5% - Renal ... FGF-23: Fanconi syndrome ... #Framework #Workup
Hypomagnesemia - Etiologies by Mechanism

Decreased GI Uptake 
 - Poor dietary intake (particularly common in alcoholics)
Mg wasting syndromes ... - Gitelman syndrome ... - Hungry bones syndrome ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... Low #Magnesium #Table
Principal Causes of Generalized Edema - History, Physical Examination, and Laboratory Findings 

Cardiac, Hepatic, Renal (ARF),
Cardiac, Hepatic, Renal ... (ARF), Renal (Nephrotic ... Syndrome) #Edema ... #Anasarca #Diagnosis ... #Differential #Table