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General approach to AKI - Checklist

Urine electrolytes & FENa - Previously, it was believed that urine
General approach to AKI ... sodium excretion ... fractional excretion of sodium ... @PulmCrit #AKI ... AcuteKidneyInjury #Nephrology
Urinalysis & Urine Sodium 
Theophilus Protospatharius, a seventh-century physician who wrote the first manuscript focused exclusively
Sodium Theophilus ... • Urinary casts ... Kidney Injury (AKI ... sodium < 20 mEq ... #UNa #casts #glucosuria
Hematuria Workup and Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Confirm hematuria → Urinalysis >3 RBCs/HPF, exclude mimics, repeat testing
Hematuria Workup ... WBCs, or urine ... proteinuria, RBC casts ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Workup ... #urine
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Kidney Injury - AKI ... Workup Algorithm ... osmolarity If cause of AKI ... Kidney #Injury #AKI ... #Workup #Algorithm
Simplified Approach to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
1) IS THIS AN EMERGENCY? 
Is there a dialysis indication
Kidney Injury (AKI ... cases are caused ... IMPROVEMENT If the urine ... for WBCs, RBCs, casts ... KidneyInjury #simplified #workup
Physiologic Approach to Hypotonic Hyponatremia
The next time you have a case of hypotonic hyponatremia, give the
volume-based algorithm Urine ... : SIADH, Renal Sodium ... Renal Losses (AKI ... diagnosis #table #sodium ... #nephrology
Cerebral Salt Wasting vs SIADH - Pathophysiology 
1) Neurological event
2) Sodium loss from tubules
3) Naturiesis →
Wasting vs SIADH - Pathophysiology ... Neurological event 2) Sodium ... → Increased urine ... SaltWasting #SIADH #Pathophysiology ... #diagnosis #nephrology
Hypernatremia - Differential Diagnosis Workup Algorithm

1) Check Urine Osmolality:
 > 600 mOsm/kg - Implies extrarenal mechanism
Differential Diagnosis Workup ... Algorithm 1) Check Urine ... Differential #Diagnosis #Workup ... #Algorithm #nephrology ... #sodium
Hyponatremia (<135 mEq/L) is a common electrolyte abnormality caused by an excess of total body water
serum osmolality, urine ... and urine osmolality ... lower than 80% in cases ... Measured urine sodium ... concentration (UNa
Membranoproliferative Glomerulonephritis (MPGN) AKA: Mesangiocapillary GN
 • Active Urine Sediment (dysmorphic RBC, RBC casts, +/- proteinuria)
Glomerulonephritis (MPGN) AKA ... GN • Active Urine ... dysmorphic RBC, RBC casts ... Glomerulonephritis #MPGN #nephrology