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Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) in Patients with Cancer 

Cancer Related 
• Hypercalcemia 
• Intravenous contrast 
•
gammopathy of renal ... Methotrexate • AIN ... Kidney #Injury #AKI ... Differential #Diagnosis #Classification ... #Nephrology
Acute Kidney Injury - RIFLE and AKIN Criteria for Diagnosis and Classification of AKI
 • AKIN
Injury - RIFLE and AKIN ... Diagnosis and Classification ... of AKIAKIN ... #Diagnosis #Classification ... #nephrology
Causes of acute kidney injury (AKI). AKI is classified into pre-renal, renal, and post-renal causes. Renal
kidney injury (AKI ... AKI is classified ... renal, and post-renal ... supply; glomerular, tubular ... Causes #Sites #Nephrology
Algorithmic Approach to Acute Interstitial Nephritis
When to suspect AIN? (not sensitive)
 • AKI, AKD, rapidly progressive
Algorithmic Approach ... When to suspect AIN ... sensitive) • AKI ... hematuria, mild tubular ... #Algorithm #nephrology
Mechanisms of nephron damage in cardiorenal syndrome
 • Increased renal interstitial pressure
 • Hypoperfusion
 • Reduced
nephron damage in ... • Increased renal ... Hypoperfusion • Reduced renal ... • Increased AVP ... pathophysiology #nephrology
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

PRE-Renal AKI:
 • Hypovolemia
 • Congestion
 • Medications
 •
Framework PRE-Renal ... Shunting INTRA-Renal ... , Anti-GBM • Tubular ... Drug-induced POST-Renal ... Differential #Diagnosis #nephrology
Interpreting Kidney Biomarkers

↑ Creatinine: 
 • AKI, CKD
 • Medications that lead to nephroprotective ↓ in
Creatinine: • AKI ... nephroprotective ↓ in ... tubular secretion ... Cystatin C: • AKI ... diagnosis #laboratory #nephrology
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Acute increase
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Acute increase in ... at least 50% Renal ... Sjögren) Post-Renal ... #KidneyInjury #Nephrology
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Pre-Renal:
 • Hypovolemia, Cardiorenal, Distributive Shock, HRS, Hypercalcemia, Renal
Kidney Injury (AKI ... Pigment, Protein) • AIN ... Medicine @SCVMCMed #AKI ... Differential #Diagnosis #nephrology ... #causes #algorithm
General approach to AKI - Checklist

Urine electrolytes & FENa - Previously, it was believed that urine
General approach to AKI ... and intrinsic renal ... diagnosing acute tubular ... @PulmCrit #AKI ... AcuteKidneyInjury #Nephrology