Acute Kidney Injury Flashcards
Which 2 drugs prevent secretion of creatinine in the tubules?
- trimethoprim
- cimetidine
What are the criteria for AKI?
- increase in serum creatinine 44 mEq/L
- increase in serum creatinine of more than 50% from baseline
What are the pre-renal causes of AKI?
- decreased effective circulating volume (CHF, volume depletion, sepsis)
What are the renal causes of AKI?
- ATN
- AIN
- glomerulonephritis
- atheroemboli
What are the post-renal causes of AKI?
- post-obstructive uropathy (stones, tumours)
The mortality rate of AKI ranges from 7-80%. Why has this rate not changed over the years?
- increasing age
- increasing co-morbidities
What are the most common causes of death associated with ARF?
- cardiac failure
- sepsis
- respiratory failure
How do you treat pre-renal AKI?
- fluid boluses or continuous IVF
What urine sediments would you expect for pre-renal, renal, and post-renal AKI?
- pre-renal: hyaline casts
- renal: brown, granular casts
- post-renal: bland
What is the FENa in pre-renal, renal, and post-renal AKI?
- pre-renal: 2%
- post-renal: >2%
What other causes of AKI are associated with low FENa?
- drugs that cause vasoconstriction mediated intrinsic renal failure
- tacrolimus, cyclosporine, NSAIDs, cocaine
- hepatorenal syndrome
- radiocontrast injury
What are some primary causes of post-renal AKI?
- BPH
- prostate or cervical cancer
- stones
- stricture
- retroperitoneal fibrosis
What do you need to monitor for after catheterization of post-obstructive uropathy to relieve hydronephrosis?
- post-obstructive diuresis
What is the most common cause of ARF in hospitalized patients?
- ATN
What are the three phases of ATN?
- initiation
- maintenance (GFR and urine output lowest)
- recovery (post-acute tubular necrosis diuresis)