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Differential Diagnosis of Acute Kidney Injury 

#Diagnosis #Nephrology #AKI #Acute #KidneyInjury #Causes #Differential #Workup #Algorithm #Ddxof
Differential Diagnosis ... of Acute Kidney ... Injury #Diagnosis ... #Nephrology #AKI ... #Workup #Algorithm
Approach to Possible Hypertensive Emergency

criteria required to diagnose hypertensive emergency
(1) Severe hypertension
 - Usually a MAP
criteria required to diagnose ... can occur at lower ... as: - Acute kidney ... injury (often with ... #Algorithm #CriticalCare
Acute Spinal Cord Injuries: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Anterior Cord Syndrome -> Anterior spinal artery
spondylosis -> Commonly hyperextension ... #Syndromes #diagnosis ... pathophysiology #signs ... symptoms #msk #orthopedics ... #neurology
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Acute increase
Injury (AKI) - ... Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Acute ... Kidney Injury ( ... Diagnosis #Algorithm
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Acute Kidney Injury ... Diagnosis Baseline ... clinical context and signs ... #Algorithm #Differential ... #Diagnosis #nephrology
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Pre-Renal:
 • Hypovolemia, Cardiorenal, Distributive Shock, HRS, Hypercalcemia, Renal
Acute Kidney Injury ... (AKI) - Differential ... #Injury #Differential ... #Diagnosis #nephrology ... #causes #algorithm
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury ( AKI ) - Prerenal, Renal, and Postrenal

PRE-RENAL 
Impaired perfusion: 
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Injury ( AKI ) ... • Prolonged hypotension ... /phimosis #Diagnosis ... Postrenal #Failure #Differential ... #Nephrology
What is a Boxer’s fracture?? Fracture of the 4th or 5th metacarpal neck
 - Common in
weeks Urgent orthopedics ... Overlying wounds or signs ... recommended if injury ... #Boxers #Fracture ... Hand #Metacarpal #Diagnosis
Causes of Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unprovoked - Epilepsy:
 • Focal: Simple, Complex
 • Generalized: Absence,
Diagnosis Algorithm ... Vascular: Stroke, Hypertension ... Traumatic brain injury ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Causes #neurology
Causes of Chronic Kidney Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Decreased kidney function (eGFR < 60 ml/min/1.73 m2)
Disease - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Diabetes • Hypertension ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #Algorithm