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Guide to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)

What to ask/look for: 
 - HPI, PMH, full ROS
- TTE/liver fxn? ... Urine Na/K/Cl/urea ... rhabdo/TLS) Causes ... #Nephrology #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #Causes
Abnormal liver function tests algorithm.
 This figure details the initial response to abnormal liver blood tests.
Abnormal liver function ... tests algorithm ... liver blood tests ... Areas of diagnostic ... #Algorithm #Hepatology
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Workup Algorithm ... electrolytes, urea ... investigations abnormal ... investigations depending on clinical ... Differential #Diagnosis #nephrology
Hepatorenal Syndrome (HRS)

Definition:
• Functional, potentially reversible kidney impairment.
• Occurs in advanced liver disease: cirrhosis, severe alcoholic
Diagnosis (Clinical ... • Normal kidney ... Exclude other AKI ... causes (esp. ... Syndrome #Hepatology #Nephrology
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Vascular Causes ... Infiltration: Often breast ... extrahepatic source - Tests ... function may be abnormal
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
neurological lesion: Clinical ... injury • Gait is abnormal ... Non-compressive Spinal Cord Causes ... reflexes: Areflexia ... differential #algorithm
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
Transverse Myelitis - Clinical ... Spasticity - Reflexes ... Sjogren's • CSF: - Abnormal ... negative, MOG-IgG test ... • Infectious causes
Amyloidosis - Summary
Group of disorders associated with extracellular deposition of fibrils formed from low-molecular-weight proteins in
Clinical suspicion ... Amyloidosis Clinical ... hypoadrenalism • Nausea ... Testing: • EKG • Echocardiogram ... Diagnostic imaging of liver
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
Incidence: 1 to 2 cases ... transplantation CLINICAL ... depressed deep tendon reflexes ... and sensitive tests ... specific therapy, the clinician