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Acute Kidney Injury - Classification
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration
 • Heart failure (a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome)
 • Liver failure
- TTP/HUS • Glomerular ... Post-infectious glomerulonephritis ... tubular necrosis (causes ... Acute interstitial nephritis ... #diagnosis #nephrology
Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis (RPGN) 
 - Loss of kidney function over a short period of tirne
Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis ... IgA nephropathy, lupus ... nephritis, cryoglobulinemia ... #RPGN #Classification ... Differential #Diagnosis #Nephrology
Lupus Nephritis Primer
Class I - Minimal Mesangial
Class II - Mesangial Proliferative
Class Ill - Focal Proliferative
Class IV
Lupus Nephritis ... #Nephritis #SLE ... #Classification ... #diagnosis #management ... #nephrology
Management of Lupus Nephritis
Lupus nephritis (LN) in 10 to 40% of SLE
Hallmark = proteinuria 20.5 g/g
Management of Lupus ... Nephritis Lupus ... Focal LN (<50% of glomeruli ... #Nephritis #Management ... #rheumatology #nephrology
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Acute increase
Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis ... IgA, post-strep, lupus ... Acute Interstitial Nephritis ... legionella) • Immune (lupus ... #KidneyInjury #Nephrology
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Prerenal:
 • Due to true volume loss or decreased
Kidney Injury (AKI ... damage to the glomeruli ... acute interstitial nephritis ... ) • GN (glomerulonephritis ... Differential #Diagnosis #nephrology
Common causes of Acute Kidney Injury AKI - Differential Diagnosis
HEMODYNAMIC
 • Cardiac failure: Impaired forward flow,
Kidney Injury AKI ... INTRINSINC RENAL Glomerulonephritides ... Post-infectious GN, Lupus ... Acute Interstitial Nephritis ... Differential #Diagnosis #nephrology
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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Vasculitis - Skin, glomeruli ... inflammation Others: • Lupus ... : - Kidneys: glomerular ... such as systemic lupus ... #rheumatology #classification