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Differential Diagnosis of Acute Kidney Injury 

#Diagnosis #Nephrology #AKI #Acute #KidneyInjury #Causes #Differential #Workup #Algorithm #Ddxof
Differential Diagnosis ... #Diagnosis #Nephrology ... KidneyInjury #Causes #Differential ... #Workup #Algorithm ... #Ddxof
Initial Clinical and Laboratory Data Base for Defining Major Syndromes in Nephrology

#Major #Syndromes #Nephrology #Diagnosis #Workup
Major Syndromes in Nephrology ... Major #Syndromes #Nephrology ... #Diagnosis #Workup ... #Differential # ... Table
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
- Workup and Differential ... with previously stable ... Causes: • Vascular ... #Workup #causes ... #Differential #
Causes of Encephalopathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hyperacute:
 - Primary Neurologic: Vascular (IS, ICH), Seizure, Migraine, Trauma
Encephalopathy - Differential ... : Vascular (IS, ... - Systemic: Hypertensive ... : Vascular (SDH) ... Encephalopathy #Differential
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular Causes:
 - Outflow Obstruction
     • Aortic
Chest Pain - Differential ... Infarction • Stable ... Mediastinal Causes: - Vascular ... • Pulmonary Hypertension ... • Trauma - Neurologic
Causes of Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unprovoked - Epilepsy:
 • Focal: Simple, Complex
 • Generalized: Absence,
of Seizures - Differential ... Tonic-clonic Provoked: • Vascular ... : Stroke, Hypertension ... thrombosis, Congenital vascular ... Algorithm #Causes #neurology
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury ( AKI ) - Prerenal, Renal, and Postrenal

PRE-RENAL 
Impaired perfusion: 
•
Dehydration • Vascular ... • Prolonged hypotension ... Postrenal #Failure #Differential ... #Nephrology
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
Chronic Dyspnea - Differential ... Cardiomyopathy Valvular ... Artery Disease • Stable ... • Pulmonary Hypertension ... #Dyspnea #SOB #Differential
Pulmonary Arterial Catheterization – Use and Interpretation:
-Pulmonary arterial catheterization (PAC) has never been shown to improve
shock (eg, acute valvular ... pulmonary artery hypertension ... index) -systemic vascular ... #NormalValues #Differential ... #Table #Chambers
Causes of Chronic Kidney Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Decreased kidney function (eGFR < 60 ml/min/1.73 m2)
Kidney Disease - Differential ... Nephronophthisis Vascular ... • Diabetes • Hypertension ... KidneyDisease #Nephrology ... #Differential #