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Hematuria - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Gross Hematuria: Red/Dark urine
 • 1ml blood/liter urine can induce color change
Mesangioproliferative GN ... Post-infectious GN ... Diagnostic of GN ... disease Renal Causes ... and SMA - Can cause
Causes of Proteinuria - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Persistent Proteinuria >150mg/d protein present on repeat testing including overnight
Causes of Proteinuria ... sediment - WBC/RBC casts ... Membranoproliferative GN ... Post-infectious GN ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Common causes of Acute Kidney Injury AKI - Differential Diagnosis
HEMODYNAMIC
 • Cardiac failure: Impaired forward flow,
Common causes of ... Glomerulonephritides (GN ... Post-infectious GN ... NephroP #AKI #causes
The Diagnostic Approach to Hyperkalemia
Drugs
 - Amiloride
 - Spironolactone
 - Triamterene
 - Trimethoprim
 - Pentamidine
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inhibitors Other causes ... mellitus - Acute GN ... #differential #causes
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Pre-Renal:
 • Hypovolemia, Cardiorenal, Distributive Shock, HRS, Hypercalcemia, Renal
Vasculitis • GN ... Diagnosis #nephrology #causes
Hypertension and Altered Mental Status (AMS) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Hypertension:
 • Hypertensive emergency
 • Hypertensive encephalopathy
Renal: • Acute GN ... Scleroderma renal crises ... Differential #Diagnosis #causes
Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis (RPGN)
RPGN has three primary pathophysiologic causes differentiated by immunofluorescence

Immune Complex Mediated (granular staining):
pathophysiologic causes ... Complement: Post-strep GN
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
Rapidly progressing GN ... • Pauci immune GN ... , pauci-immune GN ... tract, and often causes ... or ulcers) • GN
Algorithm - Approach to the differential diagnosis of the patient presenting with overt glomerular proteinuria. CMV
basement membrane; GN ... cell/white cell casts ... Nephrocalcinosis causes
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
Goodpasture's cause ... hematuria, RBC casts ... in crescentic GN