Question 1
A 68-year-old man is hospitalized with sepsis. His baseline serum creatinine is 1.0 mg/dL. Today his creatinine is 1.4 mg/dL, up from 1.0 mg/dL 36 hours ago. Per KDIGO criteria, which stage of AKI does this represent?
Correct Answer:
Stage 1 AKI
Question 2
A 75-year-old woman with heart failure presents with oliguria. BUN 60, sCr 2.4 (baseline 1.0), urine sodium 12 mEq/L, FENa 0.6%, urine specific gravity 1.025. Bland sediment. Which etiology is most likely?
Correct Answer:
Pre-renal AKI
Question 3
A 60-year-old man develops AKI 48 hours after coronary angiography with 150 mL of iodinated contrast. Which statement about contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN) is most accurate?
Correct Answer:
Isotonic IV crystalloid before and after contrast is the most evidence-based prevention
Question 4
A patient in the ICU develops anuric AKI with K 6.8, pH 7.15, BUN 110, and pulmonary edema unresponsive to diuretics. Which is the most appropriate next step?
Correct Answer:
Initiate renal replacement therapy
Question 5
A 70-year-old man with septic shock has hemodynamic instability and AKI requiring RRT. Which RRT modality is most appropriate?
Correct Answer:
Continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT)
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