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Lupus Nephritis Classification Algorithm

#Lupus #Nephritis #Classification #Algorithm #diagnosis #differential #types #rheumatology #nephrology #renal
Lupus Nephritis ... #Lupus #Nephritis ... #Algorithm #diagnosis ... differential #types #rheumatology ... #nephrology #renal
Renal Involvement in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Dr. Laurent ARNAUD @Lupusreference

#Renal #diseases #SLE #Systemic #Lupus #Erythematosus #venn #nephrology
Renal Involvement ... in Systemic Lupus ... Erythematosus #venn #nephrology ... #nephritis #classification ... #types #rheumatology
Management of Lupus Nephritis
Lupus nephritis (LN) in 10 to 40% of SLE
Hallmark = proteinuria 20.5 g/g
Nephritis Lupus ... or 0.5 g/day → renal ... #treatment #management ... #rheumatology # ... nephrology
EULAR/ACR Classification Criteria for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Clinical Domains:
 • Constitutional domain: Fever
 • Cutaneous domain: Non-scarring
EULAR/ACR Classification ... hemolysis • Renal ... nephritis, Class ... Erythematosus #diagnosis ... #rheumatology
Staphylococcus-associated GlomeruloNephritis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
CLINICAL
 • Nephritic syndrome (Casts)
 • Marked proteinuria (may be
CLINICAL • Nephritic ... • Often severe renal ... deposits common TREATMENT ... GlomeruloNephritis #nephrology ... #GN
Common causes of Acute Kidney Injury AKI - Differential Diagnosis
HEMODYNAMIC
 • Cardiac failure: Impaired forward flow,
- Differential Diagnosis ... Post-infectious GN ... , Lupus Acute Tubular ... Acute Interstitial Nephritis ... #nephrology
Summary of characteristic abnormalities of selected glomerular diseases
Light Microscopy (LM) - Immunofluorescence Microscopy (IM) - Electron
Lupus ISN/RPS ... Post-infectious GN ... glomerular #diseases #nephrology ... pathology #comparison #table ... #diagnosis #microscopy
Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis (RPGN) 
 - Loss of kidney function over a short period of tirne
IgA nephropathy, lupus ... nephritis, cryoglobulinemia ... post-infectious GN ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Nephrology
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
Skin Disease Classification ... Differential Diagnosis ... Non-autoimmune rheumatologic ... APLA/LAC: • Renal ... #Rheumatology
Drug Induced Lupus vs SLE
Drug Induced Lupus (DIL):
 • Epidemiology: -10% of all lupus cases, drug-dependent,
nephritis, NPSLE ... life-threatening • Treatment ... sle #comparison #table ... #rheumatology # ... diagnosis #management