A 68-year-old woman presents with sudden onset oliguria and rising creatinine from 80 to 260 µmol/L over 48 hours after starting high-dose ibuprofen f...

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A 68-year-old woman presents with sudden onset oliguria and rising creatinine from 80 to 260 µmol/L over 48 hours after starting high-dose ibuprofen for osteoarthritis. She is hypotensive and dehydrated. What is the most likely classification of her acute kidney injury?

Accepted Answer

Pre-renal azotaemia

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Intrinsic glomerulonephritis

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Post-renal obstruction

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Chronic kidney disease

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Acute interstitial nephritis due to penicillin

au-amc MCQ (SBA): Acute kidney injury - pre-renal

A 68-year-old woman presents with sudden onset oliguria and rising creatinine from 80 to 260 µmol/L over 48 hours after starting high-dose ibuprofen for osteoarthritis. She is hypotensive and dehydrated. What is the most likely classification of her acute kidney injury?