QuestionSBA
QuestionChoice
This is incorrect. Although the patient has had a myocardial infarction likely from a thrombus, the patient will have suffered cardiogenic shock from the tamponade, thus causing reduced perfusion to the kidneys.
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b
Renal - renal vein thrombosis
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This is correct. The cardiogenic shock from the cardiac tamponade caused reduced perfusion to the kidneys, resulting in a pre-renal AKI.
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a
Pre-renal - cardiogenic shock
QuestionChoice
This is incorrect. There is nothing in the patient's history to suggest they suffer from benign prostatic hypertrophy.
10027613
c
Post-renal - benign prostatic hypertrophy
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This is incorrect. There is nothing in the stem to suggest the patient is suffering from a kidney stone.
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e
Post-renal - kidney stone
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This is incorrect. The patient is most likely suffering from cardiogenic shock which would cause a pre-renal AKI.
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d
Renal - acute glomerulonephritis
Concept
Chapter
2693
3752
Acute Kidney Injury
Topic
142
Nephrology
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A 58 year old male is being treated in the intensive care unit following a myocardial infarction, after which he suffered a cardiac tamponade as a complication. He is found to have reduced urine output and an acute kidney injury (AKI) on their latest set of blood tests.

Which of the following best categorises this patient's AKI?
a