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Causes of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Acute increase
Causes of Acute ... Hypoperfusion • Hepatorenal ... syndromes • Drugs ... Tubular Necrosis ... #KidneyInjury #Nephrology
Common causes of Acute Kidney Injury AKI - Differential Diagnosis
HEMODYNAMIC
 • Cardiac failure: Impaired forward flow,
Common causes of ... calcineurin inhibitors, hepatorenal ... syndrome) • Vascular ... Tubular Injury/ ... Diagnosis #nephrology
Acute Kidney Injury - Classification
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration
 • Heart failure (a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome)
 • Liver failure
failure (a.k.a. hepatorenal ... syndrome) Intrarenal ... tubular necrosis ... (causes: sepsis ... Classification #diagnosis #nephrology
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Prerenal:
 • Due to true volume loss or decreased
(AKI) - Differential ... : cardiorenal, hepatorenal ... the glomeruli, tubules ... tubular necrosis ... #Diagnosis #nephrology
Reflex Testing - Causes of Hyporeflexia and Hyperreflexia
Focal Hyporeflexia: 
 • Radiculopathy, Mononeuropathy, Polyneuropathy, Acute stroke,
Reflex Testing - ... Polyneuropathy, Acute ... stroke, Acute spinal ... #differential # ... diagnosis #table #neurology
Causes of acute kidney injury (AKI). AKI is classified into pre-renal, renal, and post-renal causes. Renal
Causes of acute ... supply; glomerular, tubular ... Diagnosis #AKI #Acute ... Kidney #Injury #Differential ... #Sites #Nephrology
Causes of Hypokalemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Defining the cause of hypokalemia starts by measuring urinary K
Causes of Hypokalemia ... - Differential ... hypokalemia • Renal tubular ... #hypokalemia #differential ... #nephrology #potassium
Causes of Chronic Kidney Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Decreased kidney function (eGFR < 60 ml/min/1.73 m2)
Causes of Chronic ... Kidney Disease - Differential ... hydronephrosis on U/S) • Reflux ... Prostate cancer Tubular ... KidneyDisease #Nephrology
Urinary Casts and Disease Associations
Hyaline - May be nonspecific; seen in normal individuals or during severe
are seen in acute ... tubular necrosis ... Fatty - Nephrotic syndrome ... edgarvlermamd - Nephrology ... #Differential #
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury ( AKI ) - Prerenal, Renal, and Postrenal

PRE-RENAL 
Impaired perfusion: 
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Causes of Acute ... tubular necrosis ... #Diagnosis #Acute ... Postrenal #Failure #Differential ... #Nephrology