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Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Pre-Renal:
 • Hypovolemia, Cardiorenal, Distributive Shock, HRS, Hypercalcemia, Renal
Acute Kidney Injury ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Emboli, Thrombosis, Vasculitis ... GN: ANCA, Anti-GBM ... #nephrology #causes
Causes of acute kidney injury (AKI). AKI is classified into pre-renal, renal, and post-renal causes. Renal
Causes of acute ... kidney injury (AKI ... GBM, Glomerular ... #Diagnosis #AKI ... #Acute #Kidney #
Acute Kidney Injury - Classification
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration
 • Heart failure (a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome)
 • Liver failure
Acute Kidney Injury ... - Small vessel vasculitis ... tubular necrosis (causes ... : sepsis, meds, ... Classification #diagnosis
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury ( AKI ) - Prerenal, Renal, and Postrenal

PRE-RENAL 
Impaired perfusion: 
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Causes of Acute ... Kidney Injury ( ... Small-vessel vasculitis ... /phimosis #Diagnosis ... #Acute #Kidney
Fever and Rash - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 • Viral: Measles, Infectious Mono (EBV, CMV), Acute HIV,
Fever and Rash - ... Differential Diagnosis ... Infectious Mono (EBV ... , CMV), Acute HIV ... Sweet syndrome, Vasculitis
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Acute increase
Causes of Acute ... Kidney Injury (AKI ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Kidney Injury ( ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Acute Kidney Injury ... and Differential Diagnosis ... osmolarity If cause ... Glomerulonephritis / Vasculits ... ANCA, ANA, Anti-GBM
Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis (RPGN)
RPGN has three primary pathophysiologic causes differentiated by immunofluorescence

Immune Complex Mediated (granular staining):
pathophysiologic causes ... • Limited to Kidney ... involvement: Anti-GBM ... Glomerulonephritis #Vasculitis ... #differential #diagnosis
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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- Differential Diagnosis ... tract, and often causes ... Polyarteritis Nodosa: - Kidneys ... mucositis - Rash ... Kidneys -> glomerulonephritis
ID Approach to Fever and Rash - Diagnostic Algorithm
Central Maculopapular (most common):
Measles, Parvovirus 819 / EBV,
Approach to Fever and Rash ... - Diagnostic Algorithm ... , Acute HIV, WNV ... Parvovirus B19 (PPGSS), Vasculitis ... #Febrile #Diagnosis