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Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Common Patterns on Urinalysis
 - Prerenal
 - ATN
 - AIN
 -
Acute Kidney Injury ... (AKI) - Common ... #Urinalysis #diagnosis ... #table #comparison ... #nephrology
Spectrum of Glomerular Diseases
Nephrotic - Mechanism:
 • Injury to podocytes
 • Changed architecture: Scanning. Deposition of
Mechanism: • Injury ... proliferation • Breaks in ... differential #spectrum #diagnosis ... #nephrology #nephritic ... #nephrotic #comparison
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury - Differential Diagnosis Framework 
Pre-Renal
Post-Renal
Intrinsic Renal:
 • Tubules (ATN)
 • Glomerular:
of Acute Kidney Injury ... ) • Glomerular ... : Nephrotic, Nephritic ... Interstitium (AIN ... drtonydang @CMC_IM #AKI
Nephritic vs Nephrotic Syndrome

Step 1: If the patient has hematuria and/or proteinuria, think about nephrotic/nephritic syndromes.
Step
the patient have glomerular ... dysmorphic RBCs in ... #Syndrome #Comparison ... #Algorithm #Nephrology ... #Diagnosis
Acute Kidney Injury - Classification
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration
 • Heart failure (a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome)
 • Liver failure
- TTP/HUS • Glomerular ... Acute interstitial nephritis ... (AIN) Postrenal ... Classification #diagnosis ... #nephrology
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Prerenal:
 • Due to true volume loss or decreased
Acute Kidney Injury ... damage to the glomeruli ... contrast dye) • AIN ... acute interstitial nephritis ... #Diagnosis #nephrology
Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis (RPGN) 
 - Loss of kidney function over a short period of tirne
of tirne - Urinalysis ... glomeruli • Ex ... nephropathy, lupus nephritis ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Nephrology
Guide to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)

What to ask/look for: 
 - HPI, PMH, full ROS
to Acute Kidney Injury ... CBC w/ diff - Urinalysis ... Liano 1996) - ATN ... CKD— 13% (mostly ATN ... #Nephrology #Diagnosis
Common causes of Acute Kidney Injury AKI - Differential Diagnosis
HEMODYNAMIC
 • Cardiac failure: Impaired forward flow,
of Acute Kidney Injury ... AKI - Differential ... Acute Interstitial Nephritis ... (AIN) • Drugs ... #nephrology
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Acute increase
of Acute Kidney Injury ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Acute Kidney Injury ... in creatinine by ... Acute Interstitial Nephritis