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Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Acute Kidney Injury ... - AKI Workup Algorithm ... investigations depending on clinical ... #Injury #AKI #Workup ... Differential #Diagnosis #nephrology
Workup for Hyperphosphatemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Rule out spurious hyperphosphatemia: paraproteinemia, hyperlipidemia, hemolysis, hyperbilirubinemia, liposomal amphotericin
Workup for Hyperphosphatemia ... acidosis, DKA Kidney ... CKD Increased Renal ... Diagnosis #Framework #Workup ... #phosphate #nephrology
Gitelman Syndrome - Diagnosis and Workup
Blood Work:
 - Hypokalemia
 - Hypomagnesemia
 - Metabolic Alkalosis
 - Elevated
Blood Work: - ... excretion of Cl > 0.5% Clinical ... autosomal dominant kidney ... diagnosis of echogenic kidneys ... #nephrology
Adult Vancomycin Guidelines
The information below provides general dosing guidelines for vancomycin. A maintenance regimen of 15-20
There is no clinical ... ratio.1 Dosing in renal ... reference source and nephrology ... nephrotoxicity and acute kidney
To improve the usefulness of the serum creatinine concentration as a marker of kidney function, prediction
as a marker of kidney ... unless a patient's renal ... seen in acute renal ... estimate GFR in many clinical ... #Diagnosis #Nephrology
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
Hypertension - Workup ... disturbance, or acute kidney ... 109 mm Hg) with clinical ... Renal parenchymal ... #Hypertension #Workup
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management Summary

Causes of Rhabdomyolysis:
 • Trauma:
	- Immobilization
	- Crush injury
	- Compartment
Dermatomyositis Clinical ... HYPOTENSION → renal ... perfusion → renal ... nephrotoxicity to kidney ... causes #treatment #nephrology
IgG4-Related Disease
Clinical history:  Man, 60 years, multiorgan involvement, unique or multiple inflammatory pseudotumor
4 phenotypes:
 •
Related Disease Clinical ... pancreas, biliary, renal ... lesions, meninges, kidneys ... management #phenotypes #workup
Suggested diagnostic algorithm where clinical suspicion for renal artery stenosis exists
Suspicion of fibromuscular disease - Suspicion
algorithm where clinical ... suspicion for renal ... renovascular disease #renal ... stenosis #algorithm #workup ... #nephrology #diagnosis
Dilated Extra-Renal Pelvis on POCUS
Patient with simple renal cyst but also with impressively dilated extra renal
Dilated Extra-Renal ... Patient with simple renal ... dilated extra renal ... Pelvis #POCUS #clinical ... #nephrology #kidney