Causes of Acute Kidney Injury ( AKI ) - Prerenal, Renal, and Postrenal PRE-RENAL Impaired perfusion: • Cardiac failure • Sepsis • Blood loss • Dehydration • Vascular occlusion RENAL Glomerulonephritis Small-vessel vasculitis Acute tubular necrosis • Drugs • Toxins • Prolonged hypotension Interstitial nephritis • Drugs • Toxins • Inflammatory disease • Infection POST-RENAL Urinary calculi Retroperitoneal fibrosis Benign prostatic enlargement Prostate cancer Cervical cancer Urethral stricture/valves Meatal stenosis/phimosis #Diagnosis #Acute #Kidney #Injury #Prerenal #Postrenal #Failure #Differential #Nephrology ** GrepMed Recommended Text: Davidson's Essentials of Medicine - https://amzn.to/3byD97p
