What are the causes of intrinsic Acute Kidney Injury?
A variety of kidney parenchymal diseases can cause Acute Kidney Injury:
• Acute and rapidly progressive forms of glomerulonephritis
• Acute interstitial nephritis (AIN)
• Acute Tubular Necrosis
• Acute vascular diseases (e.g., renal artery thromboembolism, atheroembolic disease)
• Intratubular deposition of crystals
• Calcium oxalate in ethylene glycol positioning
• Uric acid in tumor lysis syndrome
• Acyclovir
• Indinavir)
• Intratubular deposition of paraproteins (myeloma cast nephropathy)
Acute Tubular Necrosis is the most common etiology of intrinsic Acute Kidney Injury
