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Common causes of Acute Kidney Injury AKI - Differential Diagnosis
HEMODYNAMIC
 • Cardiac failure: Impaired forward flow,
Common causes of ... AKI - Differential ... nephropathy • Secondary ... Injury/Necrosis (ATN ... #causes #Acute
Guide to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)

What to ask/look for: 
 - HPI, PMH, full ROS
Guide to Acute Kidney ... What to ask/look ... uric acid (rhabdo/TLS ... pre-renal) - Urinary ... #Differential
Primary and Secondary Causes of Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Primary (Essential) (95%) - Onset between age
Primary and Secondary ... No features of secondary ... taken at home, work ... disease - CKD, AKI ... #Secondary #HTN
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Acute Kidney Injury ... - AKI Workup Algorithm ... osmolarity If cause ... #Workup #Algorithm ... #causes
Causes of Hypokalemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Defining the cause of hypokalemia starts by measuring urinary K
- Differential ... suggests either secondary ... Clinicians should also ... #hypokalemia #differential ... #nephrology #potassium
Simplified Approach to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
1) IS THIS AN EMERGENCY? 
Is there a dialysis indication
Simplified Approach to Acute ... circulating volume, Urinary ... etiologies due to ATN ... #Acute #KidneyInjury ... #simplified #workup
Acute Kidney Injury - Differential Diagnosis Framework
PRERENAL:
 - Intrarenal vasoconstriction-hemodynamically mediated
 - Systemic vasodilation
 - Volume
Acute Kidney Injury ... - Differential ... drainage, or stenting as ... Kidney #Injury #AKI ... #Differential #
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
Causes of Secondary ... and Differential ... Hypothyroidism, Primary ... most pts have HTN ... #causes #Differential
Hypokalemia Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hypertensive:
 • High Al, Low R - Primary aldosteronism
 • High Al, High
Hypokalemia Differential ... , Low R - Primary ... , High R - Secondary ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #nephrology ... #causes #low #potassium
Primary and Secondary Headaches - Red Flags and Differential Diagnosis
Red Flags (SNOOP):
S - Systemic		
N - Neurologic
Primary and Secondary ... Hypoglycemia Anatomy - Acute ... #causes #primary ... #secondary #management ... #neurology