A 75-year-old woman with a history of heart failure presents with diarrhoea and vomiting leading to hypotension and decreased urine output. Serum crea...

Question

A 75-year-old woman with a history of heart failure presents with diarrhoea and vomiting leading to hypotension and decreased urine output. Serum creatinine rises from 90 to 200 µmol/L over 24 hours. What is the most likely classification of her acute kidney injury?

Accepted Answer

Pre-renal AKI due to volume depletion

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Intrinsic acute tubular necrosis

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Post-renal obstruction

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Chronic kidney disease

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Drug-induced interstitial nephritis

au-amc MCQ (SBA): Pre-renal acute kidney injury

A 75-year-old woman with a history of heart failure presents with diarrhoea and vomiting leading to hypotension and decreased urine output. Serum creatinine rises from 90 to 200 µmol/L over 24 hours. What is the most likely classification of her acute kidney injury?