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Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Common Patterns on Urinalysis
 - Prerenal
 - ATN
 - AIN
 -
Acute Kidney Injury ... - AIN - UTI ... - Nephrotic Syndrome ... - Nephritic Syndrome ... #table #comparison
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury - Differential Diagnosis Framework 
Pre-Renal
Post-Renal
Intrinsic Renal:
 • Tubules (ATN)
 • Glomerular:
Causes of Acute ... Kidney Injury - ... • Glomerular: Nephrotic ... , Nephritic • ... drtonydang @CMC_IM #AKI
Nephritic vs Nephrotic Syndrome

Step 1: If the patient has hematuria and/or proteinuria, think about nephrotic/nephritic syndromes.
Step
Nephritic vs Nephrotic ... hematuria (RBC casts ... #Nephritic #Nephrotic ... #Syndrome #Comparison ... #Diagnosis
Spectrum of Glomerular Diseases
Nephrotic - Mechanism:
 • Injury to podocytes
 • Changed architecture: Scanning. Deposition of
Glomerular Diseases Nephrotic ... Mechanism: • Injury ... other elements Nephritic ... #nephrology #nephritic ... #nephrotic #comparison
Algorithmic Approach to Acute Interstitial Nephritis
When to suspect AIN? (not sensitive)
 • AKI, AKD, rapidly progressive
Algorithmic Approach to Acute ... Interstitial Nephritis ... sensitive) • AKI ... #Interstitial #Nephritis ... #nephrology #diagnosis
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Acute increase
Kidney Injury (AKI ... Kidney Injury ( ... AKI) - Acute increase ... in creatinine by ... Interstitial Nephritis
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Prerenal:
 • Due to true volume loss or decreased
Acute Kidney Injury ... (AKI) - Differential ... nephritis) • ... #Kidney #Injury ... #Diagnosis #nephrology
Acute Kidney Injury - Classification
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration
 • Heart failure (a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome)
 • Liver failure
Acute Kidney Injury ... prolonged prerenal AKI ... nephritis (AIN) ... #Acute #Kidney ... #diagnosis #nephrology
Urinary Casts and Disease Associations
Hyaline - May be nonspecific; seen in normal individuals or during severe
are seen in acute ... broad - Advanced kidney ... tubulointerstitial nephritis ... tuberculosis Fatty - Nephrotic ... Differential #Microscopy #Diagnosis
Acute Kidney Injury - RIFLE and AKIN Criteria for Diagnosis and Classification of AKI
 • AKIN
Acute Kidney Injury ... Criteria for Diagnosis ... #Kidney #Injury ... #Criteria #Diagnosis ... Classification #nephrology