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Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Acute Kidney Injury ... Algorithm and Differential ... cardiac imaging #Acute ... #Kidney #Injury ... #Diagnosis #nephrology
Causes of Polyuria - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Polyuria - Urine Output > 3L/day, Increased Urine Volume (>2ml/min)
Osmotic
of Polyuria - Differential ... Recovery from Acute ... Renal Failure, ... GI Bleed) • NaCl ... #Polyuria #Nephrology
Guide to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)

What to ask/look for: 
 - HPI, PMH, full ROS
Guide to Acute Kidney ... AKI) What to ask ... UOP/weights - Urine ... AcuteKidneyInjury #AKI #Nephrology ... Algorithm #Causes #Differential
Distal Renal Tubular Acidosis (RTA)  Type 1 

Totally scuppers the kidney's acidification mechanism. Will be
Distal Renal Tubular ... Totally scuppers the kidney's ... Distal #Diagnosis #Management ... #Nephrology #Causes ... #Differential #
Hematuria in Post-Renal Transplant Patient
Prevalence up to 12% in the postrenal transplant patient
 • Bacterial: Escherichia
#Transplant #differential ... #diagnosis #kidney ... #blood #urine # ... management #treatment ... #nephrology
Vancomycin Associated Acute Kidney Injury

 • Drug induced acute kidney injury is generally defined as a
• Drug induced acute ... particularly underlying renal ... Vancomycin #AKI #pharmacology ... toxicology #diagnosis #management ... #nephrology
Management of Pediatric Kidney Stones
Acute Managment:
 • Pain relief: NSAIDs, opioids
 • Facilitating passage of stone:
Kidney Stones Acute ... Surgical Rx: • ACUTE ... Recurrence: • For ALL ... Monitoring for extra-renal ... #Pediatrics #nephrology
Urinary Casts and Disease Associations
Hyaline - May be nonspecific; seen in normal individuals or during severe
and concentrated urine ... casts are seen in acute ... broad - Advanced kidney ... edgarvlermamd - Nephrology ... Microscopy #Diagnosis #Nephrology
Workup for Hypophosphatemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Rule out spurious hypophosphatemia: paraproteinemia, acute leukemia
Measure Urine Fractional Excretion
paraproteinemia, acute ... leukemia Measure Urine ... FEPO4 ≥ 5% - Renal ... Fanconi syndrome, CA ... Workup #phosphate #nephrology
Diuretics and Agents Regulating Renal Excretion

Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors (Acetazolamide, Dichlorphenamide)
 • Glaucoma
 • Epilepsy
 • Altitude
irrigation • Management ... Inhibitors of Na+K+2Cl ... Torsemide) • Acute ... Excretion #Diuresis #Nephrology ... #Pharmacology #