Dr. Gerald Diaz @GeraldMD
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Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Acute Kidney Injury ... Investigations: full blood ... screen, including blood ... β€’ Cardio-renal syndrome ... #Kidney #Injury
Metabolic Alkalosis - Urinary Chloride Algorithm
Cl- responsive metabolic alkalosis
 β€’ Kidney loss of Cl-
β€’ Normal/low blood ... , Gitelman syndrome ... sodium is typically ... the excretion of sodium ... #differential #
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Pre-Renal:
 β€’ Hypovolemia, Cardiorenal, Distributive Shock, HRS, Hypercalcemia, Renal
Acute Kidney Injury ... (AKI) - Differential ... Abdominal Compartment Syndrome ... #Kidney #Injury ... Diagnosis #nephrology
Acute Kidney Injury - Differential Diagnosis Framework
PRERENAL:
 - Intrarenal vasoconstriction-hemodynamically mediated
 - Systemic vasodilation
 - Volume
Acute Kidney Injury ... - Differential ... Glomerular (red blood ... #Kidney #Injury ... #AKI #Differential
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Prerenal:
 β€’ Due to true volume loss or decreased
Acute Kidney Injury ... (AKI) - Differential ... effective arterial blood ... #Kidney #Injury ... #Diagnosis #nephrology
Common causes of Acute Kidney Injury AKI - Differential Diagnosis
HEMODYNAMIC
 β€’ Cardiac failure: Impaired forward flow,
Kidney Injury AKI ... - Differential ... inhibitors, hepatorenal syndrome ... Tubular Injury/ ... #Diagnosis #nephrology
Urinary Casts and Disease Associations
Hyaline - May be nonspecific; seen in normal individuals or during severe
and concentrated urine ... casts are seen in acute ... broad - Advanced kidney ... Fatty - Nephrotic syndrome ... Urinary #Casts #Differential
Management of Pediatric Kidney Stones
Acute Managment:
 β€’ Pain relief: NSAIDs, opioids
 β€’ Facilitating passage of stone:
Kidney Stones Acute ... Managment: β€’ Pain ... Surgical Rx: β€’ ACUTE ... protein - Low sodium ... #Pediatrics #nephrology
Hematuria in Post-Renal Transplant Patient
Prevalence up to 12% in the postrenal transplant patient
 β€’ Bacterial: Escherichia
(Goodpasture's syndrome ... Renal #Transplant #differential ... #blood #urine # ... management #treatment ... #nephrology
Algorithm for patients with hypokalemia on the basis of the potassium-to-creatinine ratio in the urine
Urine K+
effective arterial blood ... ↑ Aldosterone: Kidney ... , Gitelman syndrome ... #potassium #differential ... algorithm #diagnosis #nephrology