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Acute Kidney Injury - Classification
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration
 • Heart failure (a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome)
 • Liver failure
- Small vessel vasculitis ... Post-infectious glomerulonephritis ... tubular necrosis (causes ... : sepsis, meds, ... www.youtube.com/c/
Glomerulonephritis - Differential Diagnosis Framework
ANCA:
 • C-ANCA: GPA (Wegener's)
 • P-ANCA: Microscopic Polyangiitis, Eosinophilic GPA (Churg
Glomerulonephritis ... - Differential ... Framework ANCA: • C-ANCA ... diagnosis #nephrology ... #causes
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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- Differential ... tract, and often causes ... myeloperoxidase (MPO) - (C-ANCA ... differential #diagnosis ... #rheumatology #classification
Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis (RPGN)
RPGN has three primary pathophysiologic causes differentiated by immunofluorescence

Immune Complex Mediated (granular staining):
Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis ... pathophysiologic causes ... Kidney: Anti-GBM Glomerulonephritis ... : • PR3-ANCA (C-ANCA ... #Vasculitis #differential
Causes of Polyneuropathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Metabolic: DM, Hypothyroidism, CKD, Cirrhosis, Nutritional deficiency
 •
Causes of Polyneuropathy ... - Differential ... • Toxic: EtOH, Meds ... RA, Sjogren’s), Vasculitis ... #neurology
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Algorithm and Differential ... osmolarity If cause ... and signs • Glomerulonephritis ... / Vasculits: ANCA ... #causes
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury ( AKI ) - Prerenal, Renal, and Postrenal

PRE-RENAL 
Impaired perfusion: 
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Causes of Acute ... occlusion RENAL Glomerulonephritis ... Small-vessel vasculitis ... Postrenal #Failure #Differential ... #Nephrology
Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis (RPGN) 
 - Loss of kidney function over a short period of tirne
Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis ... antibody (ANCA) + • c-ANCA ... #RPGN #Classification ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #Nephrology
Guide to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)

What to ask/look for: 
 - HPI, PMH, full ROS
rhabdo/TLS) Causes ... related) - Glomerulonephritis ... or vasculitis — ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes ... #Differential
Cryoglobulinemia Summary

Cryoglobulins:
 • Cryoglobulins are Igs in the serum that precipitate in vitro at temperatures below
temperatures below 37°C ... • They can cause ... Skin ulcers - Glomerulonephritis ... Cryoglobulins Cause ... diagnosis #types #classification