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Causes of Acute Kidney Injury ( AKI ) - Prerenal, Renal, and Postrenal

PRE-RENAL 
Impaired perfusion: 
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Kidney Injury ( ... AKI ) - Prerenal ... #Kidney #Injury ... #Differential # ... Nephrology **
Common causes of Acute Kidney Injury AKI - Differential Diagnosis
HEMODYNAMIC
 • Cardiac failure: Impaired forward flow,
Kidney Injury AKI ... - Differential ... HEMODYNAMIC • Cardiac failure ... Tubular Injury/ ... #Diagnosis #nephrology
Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure (ACLF) Clinical Guidelines

ACLF = possibly reversible condition in those with CLD (± cirrhosis)
Acute-on-Chronic ... Kidney Failure ... Infections Alcohol-Associated ... Drug-Induced Liver Injury ... #Cirrhosis #Hepatology
Acute Kidney Injury - Differential Diagnosis Framework
PRERENAL:
 - Intrarenal vasoconstriction-hemodynamically mediated
 - Systemic vasodilation
 - Volume
Acute Kidney Injury ... - Differential ... Diuretics if heart failure ... #Kidney #Injury ... #AKI #Differential
Liver Chemistries - Interpretation of LFTs

R-value: Serum (ALT/ULN ALT) / (Alk phos/ULN ALP)
 • R >
Liver Failure ( ... ALT Ratios: • Alcoholic ... Cardiac muscle, Kidneys ... chemistry #diagnosis #differential ... #Hepatology #transaminitis
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management Summary

Causes of Rhabdomyolysis:
 • Trauma:
	- Immobilization
	- Crush injury
	- Compartment
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential ... Framework and Management ... declines > ALT) • AKI ... + myoglobin AKI ... nephrotoxicity to kidney
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
with previously stable ... papilledema, heart failure ... , or acute kidney ... injury). 6. ... Sympathomimetic, Alcohol
Alcoholic Hepatitis - Management Algorithm
Assess Eligibility for Treatment:
 - Maddrey Discriminant Function ≥ (or possibly MELD
Alcoholic Hepatitis ... - Management Algorithm ... kidney injury with ... - Multiorgan failure ... #Algorithm #hepatology
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
Decompensated Heart Failure ... forward flow to the kidneys ... #diagnosis #differential ... #algorithm #management ... cardiology #treatment #table