Chronic kidney disease undergoes cardiac catheterization

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A 53-year-old woman with a history of hypertension, diabetes, and stage 3 chronic kidney disease (CKD) undergoes cardiac catheterization. She has a baseline creatinine level of 1.4 mg/dL. The cardiac catheterization proceeds without complication and her kidney function is at the level of her baseline on discharge from the hospital 1 day later. You see the patient for a follow-up visit 1 week later. A creatinine level obtained during that morning's visit is 3.7 mg/dL. The patient returns for a urinalysis which is normal. She indicates that she has been voiding normally. Which of the following is the most likely cause of the patient's acute kidney injury (AKI)? rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis, contrast-induce nephropathy, urinary retention, atherosclerosis-embolic disease.

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