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Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) in Patients with Cancer 

Cancer Related 
• Hypercalcemia 
• Intravenous contrast 
•
Kidney Injury (AKI ... Hepatic sinusoidal obstructive ... bladder outlet obstruction ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... Classification #Nephrology
Clinical Signs of Pancreatic Cancer
Jaundice
Cachexia
Depression
Vomiting from duodenal obstruction
Lymphadenopathy
Palpable gallbladder (Courvoisier's sign)
Hepatomegaly (extrahepatic biliary obstruction/secondary deposits)
Scratch marks
of Pancreatic Cancer ... tumour spread to umbilicus ... via umbilical vein ... #Pancreatic #Cancer ... #Signs #diagnosis
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

PRE-Renal AKI:
 • Hypovolemia
 • Congestion
 • Medications
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- Differential Diagnosis ... Retention: Internal obstruction ... , External obstruction ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #nephrology
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Acute increase
- Differential Diagnosis ... Pigments Tubular Obstruction ... Constipation • Prostate Cancer ... #KidneyInjury #Nephrology ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Simplified Approach to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
1) IS THIS AN EMERGENCY? 
Is there a dialysis indication
Kidney Injury (AKI ... require urgent nephrology ... you confirmed diagnosis ... simplified #workup #diagnosis ... #nephrology
Common causes of Acute Kidney Injury AKI - Differential Diagnosis
HEMODYNAMIC
 • Cardiac failure: Impaired forward flow,
Kidney Injury AKI ... - Differential Diagnosis ... artery stenosis) OBSTRUCTIVE ... fibrosis, cervical cancer ... #nephrology
Guide to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)

What to ask/look for: 
 - HPI, PMH, full ROS
Kidney Injury (AKI ... Causes of Inpatient AKI ... disease — 21% - AKI ... Urinary tract obstruction ... #Nephrology #Diagnosis
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Pre-Renal:
 • Hypovolemia, Cardiorenal, Distributive Shock, HRS, Hypercalcemia, Renal
Kidney Injury (AKI ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Post-Renal: • Obstruction ... Medicine @SCVMCMed #AKI ... #nephrology #causes
Acute Kidney Injury - Classification
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration
 • Heart failure (a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome)
 • Liver failure
prolonged prerenal AKI ... requires bilateral obstruction ... EricsMedicalLectures/ #AKI ... Classification #diagnosis ... #nephrology
Causes of Urinary Tract Obstruction - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Upper Tract - Bladder NOT distended on ultrasound,
- Differential Diagnosis ... NOT distended on ultrasound ... Fibrosis • Cancer ... • Prostate cancer ... #Differential #Diagnosis