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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 ... Abdominal Compartment Syndrome ... Differential #Diagnosis #nephrology ... #causes #algorithm
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Acute increase
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... (AKI) - Acute increase ... • Hepatorenal syndromes ... #Nephrology #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Common causes of Acute Kidney Injury AKI - Differential Diagnosis
HEMODYNAMIC
 • Cardiac failure: Impaired forward flow,
Kidney Injury AKI ... Impaired forward flow ... inhibitors, hepatorenal syndrome ... Koratala @NephroP #AKI ... Differential #Diagnosis #nephrology
Hypokalemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Transcellular Shift:
 • Alkalosis
 • ↑ beta-2 adrenergic simulation 
 • Erythropoiesis
in pernicious anemia ... • Refeeding syndrome ... Thyrotoxicosis Medications ... vomiting) • Low ... #nephrology #low
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 ... : Hypovolemia, Low ... obstruction, Nephrotoxic drugs
Causes of Anemia with elevated Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Normal Blood Smear
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Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Blood Smear • Drugs ... Myelodysplastic Syndromes ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Causes #Hematology
Hypocalcemia Workup - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Low Magnesium, High Magnesium - Functional Hypoparathyroidism
 • High
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... deficiency • Drugs ... Hyperphosphatemia, Acute ... metastases, Hungry bone syndrome ... #nephrology #calcium
Causes of Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unprovoked - Epilepsy:
 • Focal: Simple, Complex
 • Generalized: Absence,
vasoconstriction syndrome ... Toxic: Alcohol, Medication ... , Recreational drugs ... Cerebral Hypoxia, Uremia ... #Causes #neurology
Approach to Thrombocytosis - Elevated Platelet Count - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Peripheral Smear concerning for malignancy?
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... hemolysis, deficiency anemia ... Kawasaki, Nephrotic syndrome ... • Reaction to Medications ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Pancytopenia - Workup and Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Consumption Disorders
 1. Autoimmune Mediated Pancytopenia
 2. Splenic Sequestration
Peripheral Destruction
Production - Flow ... HLH syndrome 5. ... Drugs Nutritional ... Acquired Aplastic Anemia ... #Hematology