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Definitions of AKI, CKD, AKD
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI):
 • Increase in SCr by 2 50% within
Definitions of AKI, CKD ... , AKD Acute Kidney ... Oliguria Chronic Kidney ... > 3 months • Kidney ... months Acute Kidney
Causes of Hematuria - Differential Diagnosis
Renal:
 - Glomerular - IgA Nephropathy, Thin basement membrane, Alport syndrome,
Differential Diagnosis Renal ... or other tumor, Calculi ... Structural - Cysts - PKD ... Medullary sponge kidney ... - Malignancy, Calculi
Selected Clinical Trials of SGLT2 inhibitors in CVD and CKD
EMPA-REG OUTCOME - Empagliflozin lowered CV events
lowered adverse kidney ... events in CKD + ... T2DM; first renal ... lowered adverse kidney ... #CKD
Interpreting Kidney Biomarkers

↑ Creatinine: 
 • AKI, CKD
 • Medications that lead to nephroprotective ↓ in
Interpreting Kidney ... Creatinine: • AKI, CKD ... Medications that ↓ renal ... Cystatin C: • AKI, CKD ... #renal #diagnosis
NSAID vs ACEI/ARB effects on the Kidneys

Remember that NSAIDs and ACEI/ARB therapy have opposing effects on
effects on the Kidneys ... effects on the kidneys ... contribute to kidney ... patients have CKD ... Effects #Nephrology #Renal
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury ( AKI ) - Prerenal, Renal, and Postrenal

PRE-RENAL 
Impaired perfusion: 
•
Causes of Acute Kidney ... ) - Prerenal, Renal ... Postrenal PRE-RENAL ... Urinary calculi ... Diagnosis #Acute #Kidney
Types of Renal Calculi

Calcium oxalate
 - Interstitial apatite plaque, Low urine volume, Increased urinary calcium excretion,
Types of Renal Calculi ... Hypercalcemia, Renal ... amino acids in kidney ... heart failure #Calculi ... diagnosis #causes #calculus
Imaging Modalities for Renal Calculus

AXR. KUB
 - Good far calcium-containing stones useful when limited radiation dose
Modalities for Renal ... Calculus AXR ... for ureteric and renal ... for ureteric and renal ... #Renal #Kidney
Pathophysiology - Pathogenesis of Chronic Kidney Disease

#Pathophysiology #Nephrology #Chronic #Kidney #Disease #CKD
Pathogenesis of Chronic Kidney ... Nephrology #Chronic #Kidney ... #Disease #CKD
Common causes of Acute Kidney Injury AKI - Differential Diagnosis
HEMODYNAMIC
 • Cardiac failure: Impaired forward flow,
causes of Acute Kidney ... thromboembolism, renal ... OBSTRUCTIVE • Urinary calculi ... tumors INTRINSINC RENAL ... primarily related to kidney