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Definitions of AKI, CKD, AKD
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI):
 • Increase in SCr by 2 50% within
• Oliguria Chronic ... (CKD): • GFR < ... OR • GFR < 60 ... • Decrease in GFR ... • GFR ≥ 60 ml/min
The GFR Clock for Staging CKD

Staging CKD is most frequently done by calculating the estimated glomerular
The GFR Clock for ... Staging CKD Staging ... CKD is most frequently ... , CKD can be staged ... Using the GFR clock
Interpreting Kidney Biomarkers

↑ Creatinine: 
 • AKI, CKD
 • Medications that lead to nephroprotective ↓ in
Interpreting Kidney ... , CKD • Medications ... nephroprotective ↓ in GFR ... , CKD • Obesity ... hyperthyroidism ↓ eGFR
Causes of Chronic Kidney Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Decreased kidney function (eGFR < 60 ml/min/1.73 m2)
- Differential Diagnosis ... function (eGFR ... ) • Multiple myeloma ... Hyperphosphatemia #CKD ... #Nephrology #Differential
Effects of Prostaglandins and NSAIDs on the Kidney
Effects of Prostaglandins on the Kidney:
 • The vasodilatory
is increased in CKD ... setting of modest GFR ... prolonged NSAID use in CKD ... with GFR > 30 and ... avoidance with GFR
Patient factors influencing the selection Of glucose-lowering drugs Other than SGLT2i and metformin in T2D and
CKD. ... . chronic kidney ... —4 inhibitor, eGFR ... , #KDIGO2020 #CKD ... Management in CKD
Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD):

Individualize BP-lowering therapy and treatment targets in people with frailty, high risk of
Chronic Kidney Disease ... (CKD): Individualize ... Initial dips in eGFR ... GFR reductions of ... #CKD #eGFR #Kidney
Workup for Hyperphosphatemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Rule out spurious hyperphosphatemia: paraproteinemia, hyperlipidemia, hemolysis, hyperbilirubinemia, liposomal amphotericin
Hyperphosphatemia - Differential ... acidosis, DKA Kidney ... , CKD Increased ... Hypoparathyroidism, Acromegaly, FGFR ... Hyperphosphatemia #Differential
Causes of Hyperuricemia
Increased production
 • Solid-organ transplant
 • Tumor lysis syndrome
 • Rhabdomyolysis
 • Lesch Nyhan
Functionally normal kidneys ... Associated with chronic ... kidney disease ... (CKD) stages 2-5 ... UricAcid #diagnosis #differential
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Acute Kidney Injury ... and Differential ... blood count with differential ... myoglobin • Myeloma ... imaging #Acute #Kidney