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Glomerular Diseases - Nephritic and Nephrotic Syndromes

Nephritic syndrome:
 - Acute poststreptococcal 
glomerulonephritis 
 - Rapidly progressive
Nephrotic Syndromes ... Nephritic syndrome ... Nephrotic syndrome ... #Nephrotic #Syndromes ... #Nephrology #Diagnosis
Glomerular Diseases - Nephritic and Nephrotic Syndromes

Nephritic syndrome—due to GBM disruption. 
Hypertension. t BUN and creatinine.
Glomerular Diseases ... Nephrotic Syndromes ... Nephritic syndrome—due ... Nephrotic yndrome—podocyte ... #Nephrotic #Syndromes
Causes of Hematuria - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Red blood cells on urine microscopy. Must exclude false positives
Causes of Hematuria ... - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Lupus glomerulonephritis ... Differential #Diagnosis
Summary of characteristic abnormalities of selected glomerular diseases
Light Microscopy (LM) - Immunofluorescence Microscopy (IM) - Electron
/nephritisLupus ... Haemolytic-uraemic syndrome ... Nephrotic syndrome ... #diseases #nephrology ... comparison #table #diagnosis
Causes of Hematuria - Differential Diagnosis
Renal:
 - Glomerular - IgA Nephropathy, Thin basement membrane, Alport syndrome,
Causes of Hematuria ... - Glomerular - ... membrane, Alport syndrome ... #Hematuria #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Causes
Acute Kidney Injury - Classification
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration
 • Heart failure (a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome)
 • Liver failure
a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome ... a.k.a. hepatorenal syndrome ... glomerulonephritis ... necrosis (causes ... #diagnosis #nephrology
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Acute increase
Causes of Acute ... • Hepatorenal syndromes ... Interstitial Nephritis ... #KidneyInjury # ... Nephrology #Differential
Hematuria - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Gross Hematuria: Red/Dark urine
 • 1ml blood/liter urine can induce color change
Hematuria - Differential ... - Alport syndrome ... syndrome: • ... • Nutcracker syndrome ... Diagnosis #causes
Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis (RPGN) 
 - Loss of kidney function over a short period of tirne
disease (hematuria ... IgA nephropathy, lupus ... #RPGN #Classification ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #Nephrology
Common causes of Acute Kidney Injury AKI - Differential Diagnosis
HEMODYNAMIC
 • Cardiac failure: Impaired forward flow,
inhibitors, hepatorenal syndrome ... Post-infectious GN, Lupus ... Interstitial Nephritis ... #Acute #KidneyInjury ... Diagnosis #nephrology