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Causes of Acute Kidney Injury ( AKI ) - Prerenal, Renal, and Postrenal

PRE-RENAL 
Impaired perfusion: 
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of Acute Kidney Injury ... • Inflammatory disease ... /phimosis #Diagnosis ... #Differential #Nephrology ... GrepMed Recommended Text
Causes of acute kidney injury (AKI). AKI is classified into pre-renal, renal, and post-renal causes. Renal
of acute kidney injury ... and interstitial disease ... #Diagnosis #AKI ... Acute #Kidney #Injury ... Causes #Sites #Nephrology
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

PRE-Renal AKI:
 • Hypovolemia
 • Congestion
 • Medications
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Acute Kidney Injury ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Immune-complex disease ... Acute #Kidney #Injury ... #nephrology
Hematuria Workup and Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Confirm hematuria → Urinalysis >3 RBCs/HPF, exclude mimics, repeat testing
Hematuria Workup and Diagnosis ... mimics, repeat testing ... → Refer to Nephrology ... for renal biopsy ... to Nephrology if
Reflex Testing - Causes of Hyporeflexia and Hyperreflexia
Focal Hyporeflexia: 
 • Radiculopathy, Mononeuropathy, Polyneuropathy, Acute stroke,
Reflex Testing - ... Acute spinal cord injury ... in spinal cord injury ... #differential #diagnosis ... #table #neurology
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) in Patients with Cancer 

Cancer Related 
• Hypercalcemia 
• Intravenous contrast 
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LC deposition disease ... gammopathy of renal ... malignancies Treatment ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... Classification #Nephrology
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
Differential Diagnosis ... testing: anti-ANCA ... , biopsy By Tess ... #differential #diagnosis ... #nephrology
Causes of Chronic Kidney Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Decreased kidney function (eGFR < 60 ml/min/1.73 m2)
- Differential Diagnosis ... 3 months Pre-Renal ... hydronephrosis on U/S) • Reflux ... KidneyDisease #Nephrology ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Atlas of Urine Microscopy Findings
 • Epithelial cells - Normal
 • Renal tubular cells - Acute
Acute tubular injury ... Red cell casts - Diagnostic ... acute tubular injury ... Microscopy #Atlas #key #diagnosis ... #nephrology #casts
Drug Induced Kidney Injury
 • Pre-Renal: NSAIDS, CNI, ACEI/ARB, IL-2 therapy, Diuretics CAR-T therapy
 • Osmotic
Induced Kidney Injury ... • Pre-Renal: ... • Glomerular Disease ... #differential #diagnosis ... #algorithm #nephrology