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Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Pre-Renal:
 • Hypovolemia, Cardiorenal, Distributive Shock, HRS, Hypercalcemia, Renal
Acute Kidney Injury ... Vasculitis • GN ... Med, Contrast, Pigment ... Differential #Diagnosis #nephrology ... #causes #algorithm
Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis (RPGN)
RPGN has three primary pathophysiologic causes differentiated by immunofluorescence

Immune Complex Mediated (granular staining):
pathophysiologic causes ... Complement: Post-strep GN ... , Lupus Nephritis ... • Limited to Kidney ... #rheumatology
Lupus Nephritis - Diagnostic approach to kidney disease associated with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)
SLE patient develops
Lupus Nephritis ... Biopsy • Non-ProIiferative ... Nephritis #diagnosis #algorithm ... #sle #nephrology ... #biopsy #indications
Scleroderma Renal Crisis (SRC)

Clinical Presentation of Scleroderma Renal Crisis:
1) Acute kidney injury
2) Abrupt onset of hypertension
3)
Crisis: 1) Acute kidney ... . pauci-immune GN ... • Refractory cases ... Renal #Crisis #rheumatology ... #nephrology #diagnosis