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Causes of Acute Kidney Injury ( AKI ) - Prerenal, Renal, and Postrenal

PRE-RENAL 
Impaired perfusion: 
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Injury ( AKI ) ... • Prolonged hypotension ... /phimosis #Diagnosis ... #Differential # ... Nephrology **
Intraabdominal hypertension is defined as elevated pressure without overt organ failure (table below).  Among critically
(table below). ... may cause organ injury ... particularly to the kidneys ... #Diagnosis #Intraabdominal ... Classification #ACS
Acute and Chronic Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis
Pulmonary/Chest Wall:
 • Acute: Trauma, COPD exacerbation, Asthma
Diagnosis Pulmonary ... Cardiovascular: • Acute: ACS ... paralysis/dysfunction, Goiter ... (eg, DM, renal failure ... #Diagnosis
Acute Kidney Injury - Classification
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration
 • Heart failure (a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome)
 • Liver failure
Acute Kidney Injury ... Dehydration • Heart failure ... syndrome) • Liver failure ... disease - Hypertensive ... #diagnosis #nephrology
Common causes of Acute Kidney Injury AKI - Differential Diagnosis
HEMODYNAMIC
 • Cardiac failure: Impaired forward flow,
causes of Acute Kidney ... Injury AKI - Differential ... • Cardiac failure ... • Prolonged hypotension ... #Diagnosis #nephrology
Reflex Testing - Causes of Hyporeflexia and Hyperreflexia
Focal Hyporeflexia: 
 • Radiculopathy, Mononeuropathy, Polyneuropathy, Acute stroke,
Acute spinal cord injury ... in spinal cord injury ... Testing #Causes #differential ... #diagnosis #table ... #neurology
Causes of Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unprovoked - Epilepsy:
 • Focal: Simple, Complex
 • Generalized: Absence,
Diagnosis Algorithm ... Vascular: Stroke, Hypertension ... Traumatic brain injury ... Uremia, Liver failure ... #Causes #neurology
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Acute increase
Causes of Acute Kidney ... Injury (AKI) - ... Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Acute Kidney ... Injury (AKI) -
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
- Workup and Differential ... Diagnosis Approach ... papilledema, heart failure ... , or acute kidney ... injury). 6.
Diuretics and Agents Regulating Renal Excretion

Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors (Acetazolamide, Dichlorphenamide)
 • Glaucoma
 • Epilepsy
 • Altitude
disequilibrium syndrome • Diagnosis ... Metolazone) • Hypertension ... Triamterene • Hypertension ... Excretion #Diuresis #Nephrology ... #Medications #Table