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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
Hyperuricemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Primary - Over-production
     • Increased turnover of nucleotides
Primary
Hyperuricemia - Differential ... Disorders • Acute ... (ALL) • Acute ... - Hemolytic Anemia ... • Diabetic acidosis
Workup for Hyperphosphatemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Rule out spurious hyperphosphatemia: paraproteinemia, hyperlipidemia, hemolysis, hyperbilirubinemia, liposomal amphotericin
- Differential ... t-PA, heparin Acute ... Shift: • Lactic acidosis ... Kidney Disease: • AKI ... #phosphate #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
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 ... obstruction, Nephrotoxic drugs ... #simplified #workup
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
Approach to Thrombocytosis - Elevated Platelet Count - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Peripheral Smear concerning for malignancy?
Platelet Count - Differential ... for workup, including ... hemolysis, deficiency anemia ... • Reaction to Medications ... Thrombocytosis #Platelets #Differential
Primary and Secondary Causes of Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Primary (Essential) (95%) - Onset between age
Hypertension - Differential ... Uncontrolled • Drug ... taken at home, work ... licorice • Medications ... disease - CKD, AKI
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
Renal tubular acidosis ... Conn's, Liddle's), Drugs ... Hypomagnesemia, Acute ... megaloblastic anemia ... #diagnosis #nephrology