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Spectrum of Glomerular Diseases
Nephrotic - Mechanism:
 • Injury to podocytes
 • Changed architecture: Scanning. Deposition of
Diseases Nephrotic ... other elements Nephritic ... #spectrum #diagnosis ... #nephrology #nephritic ... #nephrotic #comparison
Lupus Nephritis Classification Algorithm

#Lupus #Nephritis #Classification #Algorithm #diagnosis #differential #types #rheumatology #nephrology #renal
Lupus Nephritis ... #Lupus #Nephritis ... #Algorithm #diagnosis ... #differential # ... #rheumatology #nephrology
Albuminuria (Grades) and Risk for CKD
Normal to mildly increased albuminuria:
 - Albumin excretion rate: < 30
of progressive kidney ... Nephrotic-range ... The presence of nephrotic ... is defined as nephrotic ... Macroalbuminuria is a type of nephrotic
Lupus Nephritis Primer
Class I - Minimal Mesangial
Class II - Mesangial Proliferative
Class Ill - Focal Proliferative
Class IV
Lupus Nephritis ... #Nephritis #SLE ... #Classification ... #Classes #differential ... #nephrology
Summary of characteristic abnormalities of selected glomerular diseases
Light Microscopy (LM) - Immunofluorescence Microscopy (IM) - Electron
EM) Haematuria/nephritis ... • Lupus ISN/RPS ... Haemolytic-uraemic syndrome Nephrotic ... #diseases #nephrology ... #table #diagnosis
Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis (RPGN) 
 - Loss of kidney function over a short period of tirne
) - Loss of kidney ... IgA nephropathy, lupus ... nephritis, cryoglobulinemia ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #Nephrology
Acute Kidney Injury - Classification
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration
 • Heart failure (a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome)
 • Liver failure
Acute Kidney Injury ... - Classification ... - TTP/HUS • Glomerular ... Acute interstitial nephritis ... #diagnosis #nephrology
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
nephritis can present ... abnormalities (non-nephrotic ... hematuria) • Frank nephritis ... (nephrotic-range ... suspicion for nephritis
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Prerenal:
 • Due to true volume loss or decreased
(AKI) - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... damage to the glomeruli ... acute interstitial nephritis ... #Diagnosis #nephrology
Common causes of Acute Kidney Injury AKI - Differential Diagnosis
HEMODYNAMIC
 • Cardiac failure: Impaired forward flow,
causes of Acute Kidney ... Diagnosis HEMODYNAMIC ... Post-infectious GN, Lupus ... Acute Interstitial Nephritis ... #Diagnosis #nephrology