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Acute Kidney Injury - RIFLE and AKIN Criteria for Diagnosis and Classification of AKI
 • AKIN
Criteria for Diagnosis ... and Classification ... of AKIAKIN ... #Diagnosis #Classification ... #nephrology
Algorithmic Approach to Acute Interstitial Nephritis
When to suspect AIN? (not sensitive)
 • AKI, AKD, rapidly progressive
sensitive) • AKI ... sterile pyuria, WBC ... casts, eosinophiluria ... AIN #Algorithm #nephrology ... #diagnosis
Simplified Approach to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
1) IS THIS AN EMERGENCY? 
Is there a dialysis indication
Kidney Injury (AKI ... you confirmed diagnosis ... CONSIDER INTRINSIC CAUSES ... microscopy for WBCs ... simplified #workup #diagnosis
Guide to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)

What to ask/look for: 
 - HPI, PMH, full ROS
Kidney Injury (AKI ... - BMP, cap, CBC ... rhabdo/TLS) Causes ... #Nephrology #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #Causes
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 ... #Diagnosis #AKI ... #Sites #Nephrology
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Common Patterns on Urinalysis
 - Prerenal
 - ATN
 - AIN
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Kidney Injury (AKI ... EricsMedicalLectures/ #AKI ... #Urinalysis #diagnosis ... #table #comparison ... #nephrology
Differential Diagnosis of Acute Kidney Injury 

#Diagnosis #Nephrology #AKI #Acute #KidneyInjury #Causes #Differential #Workup #Algorithm #Ddxof
Differential Diagnosis ... Kidney Injury #Diagnosis ... #Nephrology #AKI ... #KidneyInjury #Causes
Acute Kidney Injury - Classification
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration
 • Heart failure (a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome)
 • Liver failure
Kidney Injury - Classification ... tubular necrosis (causes ... prolonged prerenal AKI ... EricsMedicalLectures/ #AKI ... #diagnosis #nephrology
Hyperparathyroidism classification
Different causes and features of hyperparathyroidism - raised parathormone (PTH).

#Diagnosis #Hyperparathyroidism #Differential #Primary #Secondary #Tertiary
Hyperparathyroidism classification ... Different causes ... #Diagnosis #Hyperparathyroidism ... Secondary #Tertiary #Comparison ... #Table #Classification
Hematuria Workup and Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Confirm hematuria → Urinalysis >3 RBCs/HPF, exclude mimics, repeat testing
Hematuria Workup and Diagnosis ... of UTI, urine WBCs ... (proteinuria, RBC ... if cause not identified ... uw_IMresidency #Hematuria #Diagnosis