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Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Workup Algorithm ... osmolarity If cause ... and signs • Glomerulonephritis ... Anti-ds-DNA, C3/C4 ... • Interstitial nephritis
Acute Kidney Injury - Classification
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration
 • Heart failure (a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome)
 • Liver failure
Post-infectious glomerulonephritis ... tubular necrosis (causes ... prolonged prerenal AKI ... Acute interstitial nephritis ... EricsMedicalLectures/ #AKI
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury ( AKI ) - Prerenal, Renal, and Postrenal

PRE-RENAL 
Impaired perfusion: 
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Causes of Acute ... Kidney Injury ( AKI ... occlusion RENAL Glomerulonephritis ... Interstitial nephritis ... • Inflammatory disease
Common causes of Acute Kidney Injury AKI - Differential Diagnosis
HEMODYNAMIC
 • Cardiac failure: Impaired forward flow,
Common causes of ... Kidney Injury AKI ... INTRINSINC RENAL Glomerulonephritides ... Acute Interstitial Nephritis ... #causes #Acute
Recommended initial testing for patients being evaluated for glomerular disease 

24-hour urine collection - Quantify proteinuria.
Spot PC (protein ... C3, C4 - Test for ... infections are common causes ... glomerular #testing #workup ... #nephrotic #nephritic
Secondary Causes of Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hypertension - BP > 140/90 (>130/80 for DM)
Hypertensive urgency
Secondary Causes ... Renal Parenchymal Diseases ... • Glomerulonephritis ... • Nephritic syndrome ... • AKI/CKD Mineralocorticoid
Membranoproliferative Glomerulonephritis (MPGN) AKA: Mesangiocapillary GN
 • Active Urine Sediment (dysmorphic RBC, RBC casts, +/- proteinuria)
Membranoproliferative Glomerulonephritis ... (MPGN) AKA: Mesangiocapillary ... dysmorphic RBC, RBC casts ... (Dense deposit disease ... glomerulopathy, radiation nephritis
Recommended initial testing for patients being evaluated for glomerular disease
1) 24-hour urine collection - Quantify proteinuria.
Spot PC (protein ... microangiopathy. 5) C3, C4 ... #workup #diagnosis ... testing #nephrology #nephrotic ... #nephritis