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Causes of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Acute increase
Causes of Acute ... Diagnosis Algorithm Acute ... ) - Acute increase ... Tubular Necrosis ... polyangiitis) Acute
Atlas of Urine Microscopy Findings
 • Epithelial cells - Normal
 • Renal tubular cells - Acute
Atlas of Urine Microscopy ... cells - Acute tubular ... brown cast” - Necrotic ... protein indicating acute ... key #diagnosis #nephrology
Acute Tubular Necrosis (ATN) on Urine Microscopy

The specimen was thick to the point it did not
Acute Tubular Necrosis ... MunerMohamed1 #Acute ... #Tubular #Necrosis ... #ATN #Urine #Microscopy ... #clinical #nephrology
Algorithmic Approach to Acute Interstitial Nephritis
When to suspect AIN? (not sensitive)
 • AKI, AKD, rapidly progressive
Algorithmic Approach to Acute ... eosinophiluria, microscopic ... hematuria, mild tubular ... MatthewHoMD #Acute ... AIN #Algorithm #nephrology
Simplified Approach to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
1) IS THIS AN EMERGENCY? 
Is there a dialysis indication
Simplified Approach to Acute ... evaluation? ... IMPROVEMENT If the urine ... Assess UA w/ microscopy ... #Acute #KidneyInjury
Acute Kidney Injury - Classification
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration
 • Heart failure (a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome)
 • Liver failure
Acute Kidney Injury ... disease - Acute ... tubular necrosis ... ) - Acute interstitial ... #Acute #Kidney
Urine Microscopy - Casts
Acellular Casts
 • Hyaline Casts - Consists of only precipitated Tamm-Horsfell protein without
Urine Microscopy ... suggestive of acute ... tubular necrosis ... in a variety of acute ... #Urine #Microscopy
Common causes of Acute Kidney Injury AKI - Differential Diagnosis
HEMODYNAMIC
 • Cardiac failure: Impaired forward flow,
Acute Kidney Injury ... Post-infectious GN, Lupus Acute ... Tubular Injury/ ... Drugs • Toxins Acute ... #causes #Acute
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury ( AKI ) - Prerenal, Renal, and Postrenal

PRE-RENAL 
Impaired perfusion: 
•
Causes of Acute ... Kidney Injury ( AKI ... Small-vessel vasculitis Acute ... tubular necrosis ... #Diagnosis #Acute
ATN on Urine Microscopy

The specimen was thick to the point it did not spread when the
ATN on Urine Microscopy ... MunerMohamed1 #ATN #Urine ... #Microscopy #clinical ... #nephrology #acute ... #tubular #necrosis