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Definitions of AKI, CKD, AKD
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI):
 • Increase in SCr by 2 50% within
Definitions of AKI ... , CKD, AKD Acute ... Kidney Injury ( ... /AKD/CKD • No ... #CKD #AKD #Definitions
Hepatorenal Syndrome (HRS) - Diagnostic Criteria
HRS-AKI (Acute: previously known as HRS Type 1)
 • ↑ Creatinine
(Acute: previously ... injury: No proteinuria ... HRS-NAKI (Non-Acute ... Type 2) • HRS-AKD ... ascites • HRS-CKD
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Acute Kidney Injury ... osmolarity If cause ... myoglobin • Myeloma ... cardiac imaging #Acute ... #Kidney #Injury
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Acute increase
Causes of Acute ... Kidney Injury (AKI ... Kidney Injury ( ... AKI) - Acute increase ... nephropathy (multiple myeloma
Guide to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)

What to ask/look for: 
 - HPI, PMH, full ROS
Guide to Acute Kidney ... Injury (AKI) ... /CKD - Recent ... rhabdo/TLS) Causes ... on CKD— 13% (mostly
Back Pain - Differential Diagnosis
Primary Back Pathology:
 • Musculoligamentous injury (a.k.a. lumbosacral strain)
 • Spondylosis (i.e.
Musculoligamentous injury ... renal, thyroid, and ... myeloma), Leptomeningeal ... collection • Kidney ... Differential #Diagnosis #causes
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
An acute rise or ... non-obese, non-black ... disturbance, or acute ... kidney injury). ... parenchymal disease: CKD
Drug Induced Liver Injury (DILI) - Stepwise Diagnosis Algorithm
DILI suspicion
Features toxic aetiology: Skin involvement, Kidney injury,
Induced Liver Injury ... Skin involvement, Kidney ... Potential pitfalls: Lack ... for alternative causes ... dechallenge • Acute
Emergent Causes of Headache and Associated Risk Factors
Carbon monoxide poisoning
 - Breathing in enclosed or confined
Emergent Causes ... system function - Acute ... dormitories) - Lack ... of polycystic kidney ... - Traumatic injury
The Neurological Evaluation of a Comatose Patient

Definition:
 • Coma: a state of unresponsiveness; the absence of
Comatose Patient Definition ... Awareness • Injury ... wrists flexed back ... Casey Albin MD @ ... caseyalbin #PhysicalExam