ILOs
- describe factors contributing to the development of acute kidney injury, and understand their effects on the kidney
- describe the process of recovery from acute kidney injury
- outline the diagnostic process in the patient presenting with acute kidney injury
- outline the emergency management of the patient with acute kidney injury
In about 95% of cases, the kidney is a poor innocent bystander, rather than the cause of the problem… there are some diseases that arise in the kidney causing AKI, but more often than not, collateral damage is the cause of injury…
- Why is AKI important?
- Look how we use serum creatinine to estimate GFR…
- How do we define AKI?
- Outline how research papers might define the severity of AKI by KDIGO…
- What is oliguria? Is it relevant with AKI?
- Explain what AKI e-Alerts are…
- Outline the causes of AKI…
- A diagram showing us all the causes of AKI…
- What are the two important principles to understand with the causes of AKI?
- List the pre-renal causes of AKI…
- What are the post renal causes of AKI?
- An ultrasound showing us evidence of obstruction in the kidney…
- What a nephrologist recommends us to think of with post renal causes of AKI with men and women…