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Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

PRE-Renal AKI:
 • Hypovolemia
 • Congestion
 • Medications
 •
Acute Kidney Injury ... Congestion • Medications ... : • Vascular ... Infection-mediated, Drug-induced ... #nephrology
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Pre-Renal:
 • Hypovolemia, Cardiorenal, Distributive Shock, HRS, Hypercalcemia, Renal
Acute Kidney Injury ... (AKI) - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... Intra-Renal: • Vascular ... #nephrology #causes
Common causes of Acute Kidney Injury AKI - Differential Diagnosis
HEMODYNAMIC
 • Cardiac failure: Impaired forward flow,
of Acute Kidney Injury ... AKI - Differential ... Diagnosis HEMODYNAMIC ... syndrome) • Vascular ... #nephrology
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury ( AKI ) - Prerenal, Renal, and Postrenal

PRE-RENAL 
Impaired perfusion: 
•
of Acute Kidney Injury ... ( AKI ) - Prerenal ... Dehydration • Vascular ... /phimosis #Diagnosis ... #Differential #Nephrology
Acute Spinal Cord Injuries: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Anterior Cord Syndrome -> Anterior spinal artery
, often from vascular ... bladder and rectal reflex ... #Syndromes #diagnosis ... pathophysiology #signs ... #orthopedics #neurology
Causes of Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unprovoked - Epilepsy:
 • Focal: Simple, Complex
 • Generalized: Absence,
- Differential Diagnosis ... Toxic: Alcohol, Medication ... , Recreational drugs ... Traumatic brain injury ... Algorithm #Causes #neurology
Simplified Approach to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
1) IS THIS AN EMERGENCY? 
Is there a dialysis indication
to Acute Kidney Injury ... there a dialysis indication ... require urgent nephrology ... obstruction, Nephrotoxic drugs ... #nephrology
Relative Afferent Pupillary Defect

This maneuver of intermittent light stimulus is called the alternating light test or
It is a clear sign ... the pupillary reflex ... very sensitive diagnostic ... afferent pathway injury ... #Clinical #Video
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
- Differential Diagnosis ... • Symptoms and signs ... below the site of injury ... Vascular/Blockage ... dysfunction • Abnormal reflexes