ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY (AKI)-INTRINSIC RENAL AKI CAUSES
SUMMARY
ACUTE TUBULAR NECROSIS (ATN)
1. Progression of pre-renal causes: ischaemia for a period of time that leads to tubular cell death
2. Toxins: drugs (Vancomycin/Gentamicin/amphotericin), IV/IA contrast (CT scans/angiography), myeloma/immunoglobulins/paraproteins (can deposit & form casts in the tubular system)
INTERSTITIAL DISEASES
3. Acute interstitial nephritis (usually antibiotic related in hospitalised patients)
GLOMERULONEPHRITIS
4. Rapidly progressive groups (characterised by microscopic haematuria): Pauci-immune GN (e.g. ANCA vasculitidies), Anti-GBM disease, Lupus Nephritis, Post-infectious GN
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