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Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

PRE-Renal AKI:
 • Hypovolemia
 • Congestion
 • Medications
 •
Acute Kidney Injury ... (AKI) - Differential ... INTRA-Renal AKI ... • Bilateral ureteral ... #Acute #Kidney
Acute Kidney Injury - Classification
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration
 • Heart failure (a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome)
 • Liver failure
Acute Kidney Injury ... prolonged prerenal AKI ... Postrenal: • Ureteral ... EricsMedicalLectures/ #AKI ... #Acute #Kidney
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Management Principles
Prerenal - Correct hemodynamic derangements:
 • If low preload →
Acute Kidney Injury ... (AKI) - Management ... obstruction: • Ureteral ... tube(s) and/or ureteral ... #Acute #Kidney
Common causes of Acute Kidney Injury AKI - Differential Diagnosis
HEMODYNAMIC
 • Cardiac failure: Impaired forward flow,
causes of Acute Kidney ... Injury AKI - Differential ... malignant) • Ureteral ... primarily related to kidney ... Koratala @NephroP #AKI
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury ( AKI ) - Prerenal, Renal, and Postrenal

PRE-RENAL 
Impaired perfusion: 
•
Causes of Acute Kidney ... Injury ( AKI ) ... Cervical cancer Urethral ... Diagnosis #Acute #Kidney
Definitions of AKI, CKD, AKD
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI):
 • Increase in SCr by 2 50% within
Kidney Injury ( ... AKI): • Increase ... > 3 months • Kidney ... ): • AKI, OR ... Stable SCr without AKI
Acute Kidney Injury - RIFLE and AKIN Criteria for Diagnosis and Classification of AKI
 • AKIN
Acute Kidney Injury ... - RIFLE and AKIN ... Classification of AKI ... • AKIN Stage ... DharSaty #Acute #Kidney
Proximal Ureteral Stone on POCUS
Acute flank pain.
2 cm obstructing stone in proximal ureter. Can't just managed
Proximal Ureteral ... stone in proximal ureter ... @EmergOmBur #Ureteral ... #POCUS #renal #kidney
KDIGO Definition of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)

#Diagnosis #Nephrology #KDIGO #AKI #Acute #Kidney #Injury
Definition of Acute Kidney ... Injury (AKI) ... Nephrology #KDIGO #AKI ... #Acute #Kidney
Causes of acute kidney injury (AKI). AKI is classified into pre-renal, renal, and post-renal causes. Renal
Causes of acute kidney ... injury (AKI). ... AKI is classified ... components of the kidney ... #Acute #Kidney #