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Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) in Patients with Cancer 

Cancer Related 
• Hypercalcemia 
• Intravenous contrast 
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Acute Kidney Injury ... Interleukin-2) • Tumor ... #AKI #Cancer #Oncology ... #Differential # ... Classification #Nephrology
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Pre-Renal:
 • Hypovolemia, Cardiorenal, Distributive Shock, HRS, Hypercalcemia, Renal
Acute Kidney Injury ... (AKI) - Differential ... Abdominal Compartment Syndrome ... • Obstruction (Tumor ... #Injury #Differential
Leukostasis vs Tumor Lysis Syndrome
Leukostasis:
 • Pathophysiology: Large, immature blasts and high WBC count cause hyperviscosity
Leukostasis vs Tumor ... /- rasburicase Tumor ... : Lysis of tumor ... rate or large tumor ... #Leukostasis #Tumor
Causes of HyperKalemia - Differential Diagnosis
Increased extracellular K+:
 • Tissue injury
 • Hemolysis
 • Rhabdomyolysis
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K+: • Tissue injury ... Rhabdomyolysis • Tumor ... lysis syndrome ... glycosides • High acute ... Elimination: • AKI
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Prerenal:
 • Due to true volume loss or decreased
Acute Kidney Injury ... (AKI) - Differential ... Kidney stone • Tumor ... #AKI #Differential ... #Diagnosis #nephrology
Common causes of Acute Kidney Injury AKI - Differential Diagnosis
HEMODYNAMIC
 • Cardiac failure: Impaired forward flow,
Kidney Injury AKI ... - Differential ... inhibitors, hepatorenal syndrome ... Urinary bladder tumors ... Tubular Injury/
Workup for Hyperphosphatemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Rule out spurious hyperphosphatemia: paraproteinemia, hyperlipidemia, hemolysis, hyperbilirubinemia, liposomal amphotericin
Hyperphosphatemia - Differential ... t-PA, heparin Acute ... Rhabdomyolysis, Tumor ... lysis syndrome, ... Kidney Disease: • AKI
Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
 • Spinal Cord: Demyelinating Disease (MS), Epidural abscess, Infarction, Syringomyelia, Tetanus, Transverse
Myelitis, Trauma, Tumor ... Motor Nerves: ALS ... Phrenic nerve injury ... Weakness #Causes #differential ... #diagnosis #neurology
Hypophosphatemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Appropriately Low Kidney Phosphate Excretion:
 • Decreased GI Absorption: Chronic Diarrhea, Antacids,
Hypophosphatemia - Differential ... , Acute Respiratory ... Alkalosis, Tumor ... Hyperparathyroidism, TKI ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #nephrology
Elevated Lactate Dehydrogenase (LDH) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

LDH is a cytoplasmic enzyme present in tissues throughout
Legionnaires disease • Pulmonary ... : • Early acute ... ) • Tumor lysis ... syndrome (large ... tumor burden)