CR 0.4 - 1.3 HIGH DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS

DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF ELEVATED CREATININE

Acute Renal Failure

     Prerenal

         Hypovolemia

          Decreased Cardiac Output

               Congestive Heart Failure

               Myocardial Infarction

               Arrythmia

               Cardiac Tamponade 

     Renal

          Acute Tubular Necrosis

          Rhabdomyolysis

          Acute Interstitial Nephritis

          Vascutlitis

               Wegener's Granulomatosis

               Microscopic Polyangiitis

               Churg-Strauss Syndrome

          Goodpasture's Syndrome

          Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

         Poststreptococcal Glomerulonephritis 

     Postrenal

         Prostatic Obstruction

               Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy

               Prostate Cancer

          Urethral Stricture 

Chronic Renal Failure

Tumor Lysis Syndrome

Hepatorenal Syndrome

Medications

     Cimetidine

     Trimethoprim

     Fibrates 

     Flucytosine

     Metamizol

     Methyldopa

     Ethamsylate 

Tissue Trauma

Acute Phosphate Nephropathy

     Oral Sodium Phosphate Bowel Preparations

Multiple Myeloma

Renal Artery Stenosis