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Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Pre-Renal:
 • Hypovolemia, Cardiorenal, Distributive Shock, HRS, Hypercalcemia, Renal
Acute Kidney Injury ... (AKI) - Differential ... Distributive Shock, HRS ... #Acute #Kidney ... #Diagnosis #nephrology
Cardiorenal Syndrome (CRS) Types
 • Type 1 - Acute CRS: Alteration of renal perfusion is the
Types • Type 1 - Acute ... be considered drug ... cause • Type 5 - Secondary ... #Types #cardiology ... #nephrology
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

PRE-Renal AKI:
 • Hypovolemia
 • Congestion
 • Medications
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Acute Kidney Injury ... (AKI) - Differential ... Congestion • Medications ... Infection-mediated, Drug-induced ... #Diagnosis #nephrology
Common causes of Acute Kidney Injury AKI - Differential Diagnosis
HEMODYNAMIC
 • Cardiac failure: Impaired forward flow,
Kidney Injury AKI ... - Differential ... nephropathy • Secondary ... Koratala @NephroP #AKI ... #Diagnosis #nephrology
Etiologies of Peripheral Neuropathy
 • Metabolic / Nutritional: DiabetesB12 deficiency, Uremia/ESRD, Hypothyroidism
 • Medication-induced: ART, Antibiotics,
Hypothyroidism • Medication-induced ... • Inflammatory/AI ... syndrome, myeloma, secondary ... Fabry's disease, Acute ... Peripheral #Neuropathy #differential
Simplified Approach to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
1) IS THIS AN EMERGENCY? 
Is there a dialysis indication
Simplified Approach to Acute ... there a dialysis indication ... e.g AEIOU ) or anuria ... require urgent nephrology ... obstruction, Nephrotoxic drugs
Primary and Secondary Causes of Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Primary (Essential) (95%) - Onset between age
Hypertension - Differential ... Uncontrolled • Drug ... licorice • Medications ... disease - CKD, AKI ... #HTN #Cardiology
Purpura - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Non-blanchable, dark red to purple, hemorrhagic skin lesions that result from leakage
Purpura - Differential ... Causes: - Drug ... - Hemolytic anemia ... - APLS • Acute ... #nonpalpable #dermatology
Causes of Hypokalemia
Transcellular Shifts:
 - Alkalosis, Increased plasma insulin (treatment of diabetic ketoacidosis), ß-Adrenergic agonists, Hypokalemic
hyperaldosteronism, Secondary ... Conn's, Liddle's), Drugs ... Hypomagnesemia, Acute ... Hypokalemia #Causes #differential ... #diagnosis #nephrology
Causes of ST Segment Elevation - Differential Diagnosis Framework

STEMI:
 • Upsloping convex STE: "Pardee's sign" +
Segment Elevation - Differential ... - Coving ST Secondary ... weeks following an acute ... Sodium-channel blocking drugs ... #diagnosis #cardiology