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Common causes of Acute Kidney Injury AKI - Differential Diagnosis
HEMODYNAMIC
 • Cardiac failure: Impaired forward flow,
Post-infectious GN ... , Lupus Acute Tubular ... Interstitial Nephritis ... #KidneyInjury # ... Differential #Diagnosis #nephrology
Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis (RPGN) 
 - Loss of kidney function over a short period of tirne
IgA nephropathy, lupus ... nephritis, cryoglobulinemia ... post-infectious GN ... Anti-Glomerular ... Differential #Diagnosis #Nephrology
Summary of characteristic abnormalities of selected glomerular diseases
Light Microscopy (LM) - Immunofluorescence Microscopy (IM) - Electron
EM) Haematuria/nephritis ... • Lupus ISN/RPS ... Post-infectious GN ... • Membranous GN ... #diseases #nephrology
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Acute increase
IgA, post-strep, lupus ... Interstitial Nephritis ... legionella) • Immune (lupus ... #KidneyInjury # ... Nephrology #Differential
Management of Lupus Nephritis
Lupus nephritis (LN) in 10 to 40% of SLE
Hallmark = proteinuria 20.5 g/g
Nephritis Lupus ... Focal LN (<50% of glomeruli ... Diffuse LN (>50% of glomeruli ... treatment #management #rheumatology ... #nephrology
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Prerenal:
 • Due to true volume loss or decreased
Acute Kidney Injury ... damage to the glomeruli ... interstitial nephritis ... ) • GN (glomerulonephritis ... Differential #Diagnosis #nephrology