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Simplified Approach to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
1) IS THIS AN EMERGENCY? 
Is there a dialysis indication
Simplified Approach to Acute ... evaluation? ... PROBLEM ~80% of AKI cases ... for WBCs, RBCs, casts ... LorinskyMD #AKI #Acute
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
positive in 90% of IE cases ... Culture (+): Acute ... Septic Emboli Cause ... Leukocytosis, anemia ... Treat underlying cause
Anemia of Hospitalization - Pathophysiology

Why does the Hgb/Hct drop in the first two days during hospitalization?

Interestingly,
the Journal of Clinical ... volume depletion in acutely ... reasoning during clinical ... evaluations. ... blood loss or acute
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
positive in 90% of IE cases ... Culture Positive: • Acute ... Septic emboli cause ... Leukocytosis, anemia ... Differential #Diagnosis #cardiology
Hepatorenal Syndrome (HRS)

Definition:
• Functional, potentially reversible kidney impairment.
• Occurs in advanced liver disease: cirrhosis, severe alcoholic
hepatitis, or acute ... Diagnosis (Clinical ... Bland urine (no casts ... liver transplant evaluation ... essential in all cases
Scleroderma Renal Crisis (SRC)

Clinical Presentation of Scleroderma Renal Crisis:
1) Acute kidney injury
2) Abrupt onset of hypertension
3)
Crisis (SRC) Clinical ... Renal Crisis: 1) Acute ... microangiopathic hemolytic anemia ... • Refractory cases ... #rheumatology #nephrology