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Prerenal AKI physical exam findings
VITAL SIGNS
: Orthostatic hypotension (blood pressure decreases upon standing secondary to volume depletion)
SKIN
: Tenting (volume depletion), edema (volume overload)
HEENT
: Elevated JVP (volume overload)
HEART
: Abnormal heart sounds (heart failure - volume overload)
LUNGS
: Rales (crackles in lungs due to fluid accumulation)
ABDOMEN
: Ascites (fluid accumulation in the abdominal cavity secondary to liver failure)
Intrinsic AKI physical exam findings
VITAL SIGNS
: fever (possible infection)
SKIN
: Rash (allergic reaction)
HEART
: new or increased heart murmur (infection of the heart - endocarditis)
Postrenal AKI physical exam findings
ABDOMEN
: bladder distention (sign of obstruction)
GENITOURINARY
: prostate enlargement (prostatic hypertrophy or cancer)
GYNECOLOGIC
: abnormal exam (urethral obstruction or cervical cancer)
Drugs that may cause/exacerbate AKI
ACE inhibitors, ARBs, NSAIDs, contrast dye
drugs with a sulfonamide group
CA inhibitors
: acetazolamide
Loop diuretics
: furosemide, torsemide, bumetanide
Thiazide diuretics
: ALL
Author
capnhue
ID
54924
Card Set
AKI
Description
AKI
Updated
2010-12-11T06:57:22Z
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