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Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Pre-Renal:
 • Hypovolemia, Cardiorenal, Distributive Shock, HRS, Hypercalcemia, Renal
Acute Kidney Injury ... Artery Stenosis, Abdominal ... Emboli, Thrombosis, Vasculitis ... GN: ANCA, Anti-GBM ... Diagnosis #nephrology #causes
Acute Kidney Injury - Classification
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration
 • Heart failure (a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome)
 • Liver failure
Acute Kidney Injury ... Dehydration • Heart ... - Small vessel vasculitis ... tubular necrosis (causes ... : sepsis, meds,
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Acute Kidney Injury ... osmolarity If cause ... Glomerulonephritis / Vasculits ... ANCA, ANA, Anti-GBM ... renal biopsy • Abdominal
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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tract, and often causes ... - GI tract: abdominal ... mucositis - Rash ... Supply gut -> abdominal ... Kidneys -> glomerulonephritis
Heat Illnesses and Heat Stroke - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Heat Cramps:
 • Muscle pain or spasm -
Rash: • Small ... Injury: • Exertional ... involvement: Muscles, Kidneys ... - Headache - Abdominal ... damage (AKI, Liver injury
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
Algorithm Vascular Causes ... HBV, HCV, HEV, EBV ... disease: > 2 • NASH ... cardiac muscle, kidneys ... • LDH: Heart,
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
musculoskeletal systems • Kidneys ... multiplex • GI tract: Abdominal ... , mucositis • Rash ... tract, and often causes ... gut involvement, abdominal