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Acute Kidney Injury - Classification
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration
 • Heart failure (a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome)
 • Liver failure
- Classification ... tubular necrosis (causes ... interstitial nephritis ... Kidney #Injury #Classification ... #diagnosis #nephrology
Atlas of Urine Microscopy Findings
 • Epithelial cells - Normal
 • Renal tubular cells - Acute
tubular cells - Acute ... - Diagnostic of ... - Any type of renal ... brown cast” - Necrotic ... #nephrology #casts
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
/ hypoxemia -> focus ... cardiac output - Acute ... peritonitis - Acute ... #causes #typea ... #typeb #classification
Hepatorenal Syndrome (HRS)

Definition:
• Functional, potentially reversible kidney impairment.
• Occurs in advanced liver disease: cirrhosis, severe alcoholic
hepatitis, or acute ... • Caused by splanchnic ... Exclude other AKI causes ... Classification: ... HRS-AKI (formerly Type