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Intrinsic Renal Disease - Differential Diagnosis
Vascular:
 • Macrovascular: Renal artery occlusion, Fibromuscular disease
 • Microvascular: TTP/HUS,
- Differential Diagnosis ... Glomerular: • Nephrotic ... MPGN Tubular-interstitial ... #nephrology #differential ... #diagnosis
Anterior Interosseous Peripheral Nerve Injury 

Manifested as the inability to make the OK sign.

by Dr. Boby
to make the OK sign ... #OKSign #clinical ... #video #neurology ... physicalexam #msk #sports ... #neurology #orthopedics
Hyperkalemia: Diagnostic algorithm
Decreased renal potassium excretion
 • Acute renal failure
 • Chronic renal failure
 • Drugs
Increased
Hyperkalemia: Diagnostic ... hypoaldosteronism in: • Interstitial ... nephritis • Obstructive ... #Hyperkalemia #Diagnosis ... #algorithm #nephrology
Acute Kidney Injury - Classification
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration
 • Heart failure (a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome)
 • Liver failure
• Glomerular disease ... ) - Acute interstitial ... nephritis (AIN) ... Classification #diagnosis ... #nephrology
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury ( AKI ) - Prerenal, Renal, and Postrenal

PRE-RENAL 
Impaired perfusion: 
•
hypotension Interstitial ... nephritis • Drugs ... • Inflammatory disease ... /phimosis #Diagnosis ... #Differential #Nephrology
Albuminuria (Grades) and Risk for CKD
Normal to mildly increased albuminuria:
 - Albumin excretion rate: < 30
progressive kidney disease ... Nephrotic-range ... Macroalbuminuria is a type ... classification #CKD #nephrology ... #diagnosis #proteinuria
Froment’s Test for Ulnar Nerve Palsy

This tests for pinch grip weakness caused by ulnar nerve palsy,
Froment's Sign is ... #Nerve #Palsy #clinical ... #video #neurology ... physicalexam #msk #orthopedics ... #sports #hand
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
investigations depending on clinical ... context and signs ... renal biopsy • Interstitial ... nephritis: eosinophilia ... #nephrology #causes
Common causes of Acute Kidney Injury AKI - Differential Diagnosis
HEMODYNAMIC
 • Cardiac failure: Impaired forward flow,
- Differential Diagnosis ... • Primary GNs: Disease ... Toxins Acute Interstitial ... Nephritis (AIN) ... #nephrology
Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis (RPGN) 
 - Loss of kidney function over a short period of tirne
of glomerular disease ... nephropathy, lupus nephritis ... autoAb against type ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Nephrology