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Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Pre-Renal:
 • Hypovolemia, Cardiorenal, Distributive Shock, HRS, Hypercalcemia, Renal
(AKI) - Differential ... C3/C4, Other • ATN ... Medicine @SCVMCMed #AKI ... #nephrology #causes ... #algorithm
Hypernatremia Differential Diagnosis Algorithm - Diabetes Insipidus Workup

Step #1 - Consider the history
Step #2 - Assess
Hypernatremia Differential Diagnosis ... Uglucose Step #3 ... & desmopressin test ... #nephrology #insipidus ... #DI
Guide to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)

What to ask/look for: 
 - HPI, PMH, full ROS
Guide to Acute Kidney ... Injury (AKI) ... Causes of Inpatient AKI ... disease — 21% - AKI ... #Nephrology #Diagnosis
Simplified Approach to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
1) IS THIS AN EMERGENCY? 
Is there a dialysis indication
Injury (AKI) 1 ... require urgent nephrology ... PROBLEM ~80% of AKI ... LorinskyMD #AKI ... #nephrology
Secondary Causes of Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hypertension - BP > 140/90 (>130/80 for DM)
Hypertensive urgency
Algorithm Hypertension ... monitoring (visit 3+ ... Consider secondary HTN ... Nephritic syndrome • AKI ... #Secondary #Nephrology
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management Summary

Causes of Rhabdomyolysis:
 • Trauma:
	- Immobilization
	- Crush injury
	- Compartment
- Differential Diagnosis ... declines > ALT) • AKI ... + myoglobin AKI ... nephrotoxicity to kidney ... #treatment #nephrology
Management of Pruritus in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease
Pruritus with no primary lesions - differential diagnosis:
Patients with Chronic Kidney ... - differential diagnosis ... itchy areas. 3. ... Pruritus #Treatment #Algorithm ... #Nephrology #CKD