Acute Kidney Injury - Classification
Prerenal:
• Dehydration
• Heart failure (a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome)
• Liver failure (a.k.a. hepatorenal syndrome)
Intrarenal:
• Intrinsic renovascular disease
- Hypertensive emergency
- Small vessel vasculitis
- TTP/HUS
• Glomerular disease - Post-infectious glomerulonephritis
• Tubulointerstitial disease
- Acute tubular necrosis (causes: sepsis, meds, contrast, rhabdo, prolonged prerenal AKI)
- Acute interstitial nephritis (AIN)
Postrenal:
• Ureteral obstruction (usually requires bilateral obstruction)
• Neurogenic bladder
• Urinary tract infection
• Medications
• Benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH)
- Dr. Eric Strong @DrEricStrong - Strong Medicine https://www.youtube.com/c/EricsMedi
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