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Let’s Talk about Acute Kidney Injury We can break down origins of AKI into three categories: Prerenal, intrarenal, and postrenal 🫘Prerenal (Before/prior to the kidney) - these include issues which occur BEFORE the renal system, ultimately reducing blood flow to the kidneys. Examples include hemorrhage, trauma, hypovolemia due to burns, etc. 🫘Intrarenal (Within the kidney) - these describe issues originating within the renal system. Examples include kidney infection, trauma to the kidneys, neph