Acute Kidney Injury (AKI): Staging and Etiology – Nephrology | Lecturio

► LEARN ABOUT:
– Acute Kidney Injury
– Terms you should know
– Staging system
– Conceptual model of AKI

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Dr. Sussman is an Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Arizona Health Sciences Center. She completed her medical schooling at the University of Arizona and her Internal Medicine/Chief Residency training at the University of Washington. She subsequently pursued a Nephrology Clinical and Research Fellowship at the University of Washington. Dr. Sussman was recruited back to the University of Arizona in 2009 and has served as a clinician educator with a strong emphasis in medical student education. Dr. Sussman maintains an active interest in Glomerulonephritis and innovative teaching methodologies in medical education. She additionally serves as the Medical Director of Sahaurita DCI Desert Dialysis unit and has developed and is the Clinical Director of the nocturnal in-center dialysis program at DCI South Tucson.

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0:00 Introduction
0:36 Terms You Should Know
3:19 Staging System for Acute Kidney Injury
4:22 Problems of the Staging System
5:16 Conceptual Model for AKI
6:34 Categories of Acute Kidney Injury

[dailydoseofmedicinee]

AKI is sometimes called acute kidney failure or acute renal failure. It is very serious and requires immediate treatment. Unlike kidney failure that results from kidney damage that gets worse slowly, AKI is often reversible if it is found and treated quickly.👍

[mohammadalbahri]

Great lucture. The early blood marker to detect decline renal function for diabetics is microalbuminuria.

[sabamidori]

Are they half lectures? I mean management and treatment etc are not mentioned. It's mostly etiology or pathophysiology.and in this lecture its mostly staging.

[erickarenteria]

Do you need both criteria (Cr and urine) to classificate a patient?