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Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)

Dr. Matt and Dr. Mike's Medical Podcast

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How to Manage Acute Kidney Injury

It's variable, right? Because there's variable causes and can result in variable management. And so what I'm going to mention is some quite broad management strategies depending on the type and the stage. So it could be things like discontinue all nephrotoxic agents if possible. It could be to ensure volume status and perfusion pressure is okay. Consider functional hemodynamic monitoring. Avoiding hypoglycemia. If the stage starts to get worse and worse, you start to have a look at kidney replacement therapies. Maybe even dialysis for a short period of time to take the pressure off the kidney.

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