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Acute tubular injury<br />

Ischaemia, drugs & toxins, filtered proteins<br />

Clinical history is important<br />

Mechanisms of tubular injury associated with drugs:<br />

Direct tubular epithelial injury<br />

Tubulointerstitial nephritis<br />

Ischaemic tubular injury associated with vasospasm/vascular injury<br />

Indirect injury associated with haemolysis/rhabdomyolysis<br />

Metabolic disturbances, eg Orlistat<br />

Some drugs, eg. NSAIDs. may cause injury through multiple mechanisms

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