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Spectrum of Glomerular Diseases
Nephrotic - Mechanism:
 • Injury to podocytes
 • Changed architecture: Scanning. Deposition of
Spectrum of Glomerular ... Diseases Nephrotic ... • Injury to podocytes ... other elements Nephritic ... formation #Glomerular
Kidney Biopsy - Diagnosis Algorithms
1) Normal Glomerulus by LM
2) Glomerular Crescents
3) Double Contours of GBM
4) Endocapillary
Kidney Biopsy - ... Diagnosis Algorithms ... 1) Normal Glomerulus ... by LM 2) Glomerular ... Hypercellularity #Kidney
Glomerular Diseases - Nephritic and Nephrotic Syndromes

Nephritic syndrome—due to GBM disruption. 
Hypertension. t BUN and creatinine.
Glomerular Diseases ... Nephrotic yndrome—podocyte ... 10 (eg direct podocyte ... damage) or 20 (podocyte ... diabetes)) #Glomerular
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury - Differential Diagnosis Framework 
Pre-Renal
Post-Renal
Intrinsic Renal:
 • Tubules (ATN)
 • Glomerular:
Causes of Acute Kidney ... Tubules (ATN) • Glomerular ... : Nephrotic, Nephritic ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Nephritic vs Nephrotic Syndrome

Step 1: If the patient has hematuria and/or proteinuria, think about nephrotic/nephritic syndromes.
Step
Nephritic vs Nephrotic ... /nephritic syndromes ... the patient have glomerular ... #Nephritic #Nephrotic ... Syndrome #Comparison #Algorithm
Causes of Hematuria - Glomerular vs Non-glomerular

== Glomerular ==
- Glomerulonephritis 
- Thin basement membrane disease 

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of Hematuria - Glomerular ... vs Non-glomerular ... == Glomerular ... disease == Non-glomerular ... #Algorithm #Diagnosis
Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis (RPGN) 
 - Loss of kidney function over a short period of tirne
) - Loss of kidney ... with evidence of glomerular ... immune deposits in glomeruli ... nephropathy, lupus nephritis ... post-infectious GN Anti-Glomerular
The GFR Clock for Staging CKD

Staging CKD is most frequently done by calculating the estimated glomerular
Clock for Staging CKD ... Staging CKD is ... the estimated glomerular ... as a proxy for kidney ... filtered in the kidney
Causes of Hematuria - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Red blood cells on urine microscopy. Must exclude false positives
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Calculi Glomerular ... epithelial side of glomerular ... endothelial side of glomerular ... and >3.5g/day (nephrotic
Causes of Chronic Kidney Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Decreased kidney function (eGFR < 60 ml/min/1.73 m2)
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Decreased kidney ... Atherosclerosis Glomerular ... Hyperphosphatemia #CKD ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm