Acid-Base Disorders
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) / Acute Renal Failure
- Intrinsic
- ATN, medications, multiple myeloma (bence jones), rhabdo, toxins
- Prerenal
- hypovolemia, hypotension
- Postrenal
- BPH, obstructions
Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) / End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD)
- Rf: diabetes, hypertension
Congenital or Structural Renal Disorders
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Horseshoe kidney
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Hydronephrosis
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Polycystic kidney disease
Electrolyte Disorders
Fluid Imbalances
Neoplasms
- Renal cell carcinoma
- Rf: TOBACCO, obesity, HTN, exposures
- Sx: flank pain, hematuria, palpable abdominal mass
- Dx: CT (enhancing renal lesion is RCC until proven otherwise)
- Tx: surgery
- Wilms tumor
- MC pediatric abdominal mass
- Dx: Abd US / CT, confirmed with path
- Tx: nephrectomy (if <7cm, partial nephrectomy)
Renovascular Disease
Rhabdomyolysis
- Dx: CK