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

PRE-RENAL 
Impaired perfusion: 
•
Injury ( AKI ) ... • Prolonged hypotension ... /phimosis #Diagnosis ... #Differential # ... Nephrology **
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
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular Causes:
 - Outflow Obstruction
     • Aortic
Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Pulmonary Hypertension ... • Muscular Injury ... • Trauma - Neurologic ... Radiculopathy #ChestPain
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
Guide to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)

What to ask/look for: 
 - HPI, PMH, full ROS
Guide to Acute Kidney ... Injury (AKI) ... - Recent hypo/hypertension ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Causes #Differential
Intraabdominal hypertension is defined as elevated pressure without overt organ failure (table below).  Among critically
without overt organ failure ... (table below). ... may cause organ injury ... particularly to the kidneys ... #Diagnosis #Intraabdominal