Dr. Gerald Diaz @GeraldMD
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Acute Kidney Injury - Classification
Prerenal:
 β€’ Dehydration
 β€’ Heart failure (a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome)
 β€’ Liver failure
Acute Kidney Injury ... Dehydration β€’ Heart failure ... a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome ... ) β€’ Liver failure ... #Kidney #Injury
Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure (ACLF) Clinical Guidelines

ACLF = possibly reversible condition in those with CLD (Β± cirrhosis)
Acute-on-Chronic ... Kidney Failure ... Drug-Induced Liver Injury ... Cirrhosis #Hepatology #gastroenterology ... #management #diagnosis
Common causes of Acute Kidney Injury AKI - Differential Diagnosis
HEMODYNAMIC
 β€’ Cardiac failure: Impaired forward flow,
Kidney Injury AKI ... - Differential ... HEMODYNAMIC β€’ Cardiac failure ... inhibitors, hepatorenal syndrome ... Tubular Injury/
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 ... Diuretics if heart failure ... #Kidney #Injury ... #AKI #Differential
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Acute Kidney Injury ... Abdominal compartment syndrome ... β€’ Cardio-renal syndrome ... cardiac imaging #Acute ... #Kidney #Injury
Outpatient Hypertension Management Algorithm
Monotherapy: 
 β€’ Thiazide/thiazide-like 
 β€’ ACE-I (non-black patients), 
 β€’ ARB
Outpatient Hypertension Management ... Left Ventricular Failure ... Syndrome β€’ ... Acute Kidney Injury ... #Hypertension #Management
Prevention and Treatment of Nutritional Complications after Bariatric Surgery
Types of Bariatric Surgery:
 β€’ Adjustable Gastric Banding
Switch (BPD-DS) Management ... Bariatric Intestinal Failure ... Surgery: β€’ Dumping Syndrome ... Hypoglycemia β€’ Kidney ... #Deficiencies #Gastroenterology
Shock Types - Classification
State of cellular and tissue hypoxia due to: reduced oxygen delivery, increased oxygen
or spinal cord injury ... insufficiency, acute ... due to loss of Sodium ... types #diagnosis #management ... #criticalcare #differential
Leptospirosis - Post-exposure Prophylaxis
Why do we give prophylaxis against Leptospirosis?
To prevent WEIL'S SYNDROME
 - Severe icteric
prevent WEIL'S SYNDROME ... 2) jaundice 3) acute ... kidney injury ... with multiorgan failure ... #prophylaxis #management