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Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) in Patients with Cancer 

Cancer Related 
• Hypercalcemia 
• Intravenous contrast 
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Acute Kidney Injury ... gammopathy of renal ... nephropathy • Solid tumors ... Interleukin-2) • Tumor ... #AKI #Cancer #Oncology
Clinical manifestations of acute liver failure 

Brain: 
Hepatic encephalopathy,  
Cerebral edema,  
Intracranial hypertension,
Clinical manifestations ... failure Brain ... Kidney and adrenals ... lung injury, ... #liver #failure
Oncologic Emergencies - Differential Diagnosis Framework

HEMATOLOGIC ONCOLOGIC EMERGENCIES:
Hyperviscosity Syndrome:
 • Spontaneous bleeding
 • Shortness of breath
Hyperviscosity Syndrome ... • Respiratory failure ... EMERGENCIES: Tumor ... Hyperuricemia • Acute ... renal failure
Common causes of Acute Kidney Injury AKI - Differential Diagnosis
HEMODYNAMIC
 • Cardiac failure: Impaired forward flow,
Kidney Injury AKI ... HEMODYNAMIC • Cardiac failure ... inhibitors, hepatorenal syndrome ... Urinary bladder tumors ... Tubular Injury/
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Acute Kidney Injury ... investigations depending on clinical ... , inflammatory markers ... syndrome: troponin ... #Kidney #Injury
Classification of Tumor Lysis Syndrome (TLS) and Treatment of Metabolic Abnormalities of TLS
Laboratory TLS:
 • Uric
Classification of Tumor ... Lysis Syndrome ... Calcium ≤ 7.0 mg/dL Clinical ... failure - Dialvsis ... diagnosis #management #oncology
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
An acute rise or ... papilledema, heart failure ... kidney injury). ... 109 mm Hg) with clinical ... Vasculitis • Endocrinologic
Cushing's Syndrome - Hypercortisolism - Diagnosis and Clinical Features
1) Skin
 • Thin, easily bruisable skin with
Cushing's Syndrome ... Diagnosis and Clinical ... skin with stretch marks ... adrenal cortex ... signs #symptoms #endocrinology
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
injury in the production ... cardiac output - Acute ... - Compartment syndrome ... peritonitis - Acute ... gluconeogenesis Liver Injury
Causes of Hyperkalemia
l. Pseudohyperkalemia
  A Cellular efflux; thrombocytosis, erythrocytosis, leukocytosis, in vitro hemolysis
  B.
neuromuscular injury ... Rapid tumor lysis ... Congestive heart failure ... injury F. ... antiphospholipid syndrome