W26 AKI + CKD Flashcards
What is an AKI?
- A global healthcare challenge
- Rapid deterioration of kidney function
- Most commonly caused by reduced blood flow to the kidneys, usually in someone who is already unwell
- Excessive vomiting or diarrhoea, blood loss or severe dehydration
- Sometimes described as ‘angina’ or ‘TIA’ of the kidneys
What are the Risk factors for AKI?
- Age >65
- CKD 3-5
- History of AKI
- Cardiac failure
- Liver disease
- Diabetes Mellitus
- Hypovolaemia
- Sepsis
- Neurological or cognitive impairment that may restrict access to fluids
- Symptoms or history of urinary tract obstruction
Presentation of an AKI:
*Variable; depends on the cause:
* Non-oliguric
* Oliguric (urine output < 400mL/ day)
* Anuric (urine output < 100mL/day)
*Rapid or slower rise in serum creatinine
*Different urine solute concentrations
*Different urine cellular concentrations
What are the Signs & symptoms of an AKI?
*Pre-renal:
* Thirst, decreased urine output, dizziness, and
orthostatic hypotension, diarrhoea, sweating,
haemorrhage, vague mental status (esp. elderly)
*Intra-renal:
* Haematuria, oedema, hypertension, recent
nephrotoxins (drugs, contrast media), muscle pain, fevers, rash
*Post-renal:
* Urine retention, flank pain, haematuria
AKI: Definition & Staging
*Over recent years there has been
increasing recognition that relatively small
rises in serum creatinine in a variety of
clinical settings are associated with worse
outcomes
What are the different aspects in AKI Management?
*Treatment mainly supportive
*Early identification & correction of
underlying cause
*Restore intravascular volume
*Correct biochemical abnormalities
*Renal replacement therapy
What are the aims in AKI management?
- Maintain volume homeostasis:
*IV fluids
*Diuretics
*Dialysis - Correct anaemia:
*IV iron
*Erythropoiesis stimulating agents (ESAs)
*Blood transfusion
Correct biochemical abmormalities
- Acidosis with bicarbonate
- Manage hyperkalaemia
* Stop giving potassium
* Stop agents that increase potassium
* IV calcium gluconate
* Dextrose & insulin
* Salbutamol
* Calcium resonium, patiromer, SZC
* Dialysis
Hyperkalaemia
- Patients with kidney disease are generally less able to excrete K+ and most will have K+ concentrations in the upper limits of the ‘normal range’ (3.5-5.3 mmol/L)
- ECG changes, ventricular fibrillation and cardiac arrest
Drug causes of hyperkalaemia?
*Potassium supplements
*ACE inhibitors
*A2RBs
*Spironolactone
*Amiloride (diuretic)
*NSAIDs
Fluid Management in AKI
- Dehydration or volume depletion is considered a high risk factor for developing AKI
- Much of clinical practice in critical care and the
peri-operative setting is geared to reducing the
risk of hypovolaemia - During the early stages of critical illness adequate volume resuscitation remains a goal for optimizing tissue perfusion and oxygen delivery
- Observational studies in critically ill patients have suggested that fluid overload may have a
negative influence on kidney function & mortality
Diuretics in AKI
*Patients with AKI can develop anuria or
oliguria and fluid retention, which are
associated with further complications such
as respiratory failure
*In many studies, oliguric AKI has been
associated with worse outcomes than
nonoliguric AKI
*The use of diuretics in oliguric AKI is frequent
but the benefits remain unproven
Diuretics to prevent AKI?
*KDIGO guidelines:
*Do not use furosemide to prevent AKI
*Furosemide does not reduce the risk
of renal replacement therapy (RRT)
or mortality
Diuretics to treat AKI
*KDIGO Guidelines:
*Diuretics should not be used to treat
AKI, except for the management
of volume overload
What are the 3 classes of AKI?
Pre-renal
Renal
Post-renal
Pre-renal (haemodynamic) AKI:
What can cause an acute reduction in GFR?
- Drugs that decrease renal perfusion will have an adverse effect on renal function
Pre-renal: volume depletion
- Water & electrolyte loss
- Excessive use of laxatives and diuretics especially loop diuretics (furosemide &
bumetanide) - Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
(NSAIDs) e.g. Ibuprofen and naproxen,
can exacerbate pre-renal effects by
further decreasing renal perfusion
NSAIDs
- Prostaglandins are produced in response to pain, temperature, inflammation and a variety of other stimuli
- NSAIDs inhibit the production of prostaglandins E2, I2 & D2 within the kidney
- These are potent vasodilators that are crucial in maintaining renal circulation
NSAIDs
- Renal function usually recovers if NSAID
therapy is withdrawn early enough - Permanent damage can occur
Causes reduction and dilation in afferent arteriole
Pre-renal: altered renal haemodynamics
- Recognised complication of treatmemt with
angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors and angiotensin II receptor antagonists (A2RB) - ACE inhibitors e.g.
- Ramipril, lisinopril
- A2RBs e.g.
- Losartan, candesartan
- Vasodilator effects on the efferent glomerular
arterioles
ACEi reccomended for CKD but can cause AKI (dilates effertent artery in kidney)
NSAIDs And RAASi lead to..
Effect on nephrons in the kidney?
NSAID= Constricts AA
RAASi= Dilate EA
= Reduced GFR
Other drugs that can reduce GFR?
- Ciclosporin & tacrolimus
- Anti-rejection drugs used in kidney transplant recipients
- Cause intense vasoconstriction of the microvasculature within the kidney
- Reduced renal perfusion and a fall in GFR
Metformin
*Decreases gluconeogenesis and
increases peripheral utilisation of glucose
*Promotes conversion of glucose to
lactate
*Results in additional lactate
*Lactic acidosis is a rare but serious metabolic complication that can occur due to metformin accumulation
*Occurs primarily in diabetic patients with significant renal impairment
*Not nephrotoxic but metformin is renally excreted, so eGFR values should be determined before initiating treatment and regularly thereafter
Drugs that can cause hypokalaemia:
- Loop diuretics e.g. Furosemide, bumetanide
- Thiazide and related diuretics e.g. chlortalidone, indapamide & bendroflumethiazide
Renal (intrinsic renal toxicity)
- Glomerular= Glomerulo-nephritis
- Tubular= Acute tubular necrosis
- Interstitial= Acute interstitial nephritis
Glomerular
- Drug induced glomerulonephritis (GN)
- Immune mediated disease
- Antigen-antibody complex accumulate within
the glomerulus - Inflammatory response due to depositing
immunoglobulins and complement in base
membranes and blood vessels - Reduced GFR, salt and water retention,
hypertension - Many drugs are known to cause GN
Drug-induced glomerulonephritis
- Allopurinol
- NSAIDs
- Hydralazine
- Penicillins
- Sulfonamides
- Gold
- Rifampicin
- Thiazide diuretics
Tubular
- Acute tubular necrosis (ATN) can occur due to renal ischaemia or nephrotoxic agents or both
- Direct toxic affect of drugs & metabolites
- Can occur with normal doses but more likely with higher and prolonged dosing and in those with pre-existing renal disease, hypertension, heart disease & diabetes
- Avoid nephrotoxic agents in high risk patients
- May require renal replacement therapy (RRT)
- Maintain adequate hydration and TDM where
indicated