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Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Pre-Renal:
 • Hypovolemia, Cardiorenal, Distributive Shock, HRS, Hypercalcemia, Renal
Acute Kidney Injury ... Abdominal Compartment Syndrome ... , Infection, Autoimmune ... SCVMCMed #AKI #Acute ... #Kidney #Injury
Acute Kidney Injury - Classification
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration
 • Heart failure (a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome)
 • Liver failure
Acute Kidney Injury ... a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome ... a.k.a. hepatorenal syndrome ... • Medications ... #Kidney #Injury
Summary of Infections in which Steroids play a role in treatment
 • TB meningitis
 • TB
play a role in treatment ... although generally done ... • Ramsay Hunt syndrome ... #Steroids #Indications ... #treatment
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

PRE-Renal AKI:
 • Hypovolemia
 • Congestion
 • Medications
 •
Acute Kidney Injury ... Congestion • Medications ... Immune-mediated, Infection-mediated ... ASanchez_PS #AKI #Acute ... #Kidney #Injury
Common causes of Acute Kidney Injury AKI - Differential Diagnosis
HEMODYNAMIC
 • Cardiac failure: Impaired forward flow,
Kidney Injury AKI ... inhibitors, hepatorenal syndrome ... primarily related to kidney ... Post-infectious ... • Toxins • Infection
Hematuria in Post-Renal Transplant Patient
Prevalence up to 12% in the postrenal transplant patient
 • Bacterial: Escherichia
: Secondary to infections ... Prostate cancer • Medications ... (Goodpasture's syndrome ... urine #management #treatment ... #nephrology
Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
steroids to treat infectious ... ventilation, ARDS acute ... respiratory distress syndrome ... Pharmacology #Management #Treatment ... #Indications
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) in Patients with Cancer 

Cancer Related 
• Hypercalcemia 
• Intravenous contrast 
•
Acute Kidney Injury ... malignancies Treatment ... cyclophosphamide) #Acute ... #Kidney #Injury ... Classification #Nephrology
Indications for Albumin for Management of Cirrhosis
 • Large volume paracentesis (>5 liter) - 8g per
Indications for ... ascites removed • Acute ... kidney injury ( ... • Hepatorenal syndrome ... Management #Cirrhosis #treatment
Pharmacotherapy for Migraine Prophylaxis 

Who is indicated for migraine prophylaxis? Patients who experience more than 3
headache days in one ... despite appropriate acute ... treatment, or those ... #Prophylaxis #Medications ... Pharmacology #Management #Neurology