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Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis (RPGN)
RPGN has three primary pathophysiologic causes differentiated by immunofluorescence

Immune Complex Mediated (granular staining):
Complement: Post-strep GN ... , Lupus Nephritis ... • Limited to Kidney ... #differential #diagnosis ... #algorithm #rheumatology
Common causes of Acute Kidney Injury AKI - Differential Diagnosis
HEMODYNAMIC
 • Cardiac failure: Impaired forward flow,
causes of Acute Kidney ... Diagnosis HEMODYNAMIC ... , Lupus Acute Tubular ... Acute Interstitial Nephritis ... #nephrology
Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis (RPGN) 
 - Loss of kidney function over a short period of tirne
) - Loss of kidney ... IgA nephropathy, lupus ... nephritis, cryoglobulinemia ... post-infectious GN ... #Nephrology
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Prerenal:
 • Due to true volume loss or decreased
(AKI) - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... acute interstitial nephritis ... ) • GN (glomerulonephritis ... #Diagnosis #nephrology
Summary of characteristic abnormalities of selected glomerular diseases
Light Microscopy (LM) - Immunofluorescence Microscopy (IM) - Electron
Lupus ISN/RPS ... Post-infectious GN ... • Amyloid RPGN ... glomerular #diseases #nephrology ... comparison #table #diagnosis
Membranoproliferative Glomerulonephritis (MPGN) AKA: Mesangiocapillary GN
 • Active Urine Sediment (dysmorphic RBC, RBC casts, +/- proteinuria)
Glomerulonephritis (MPGN ... ) AKA: Mesangiocapillary ... GN • Active Urine ... glomerulopathy, radiation nephritis ... #nephrology #diagnosis
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Acute increase
Causes of Acute Kidney ... Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Acute Kidney ... Acute Interstitial Nephritis ... #KidneyInjury #Nephrology