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Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis (RPGN) 
 - Loss of kidney function over a short period of tirne
Glomerulonephritis (RPGN ... IgA nephropathy, lupus ... post-infectious GN ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Nephrology
Membranoproliferative Glomerulonephritis (MPGN) AKA: Mesangiocapillary GN
 • Active Urine Sediment (dysmorphic RBC, RBC casts, +/- proteinuria)
Glomerulonephritis (MPGN ... Mesangiocapillary GN ... formation along glomerular ... #nephrology #diagnosis ... #renal
Hypertension and Altered Mental Status (AMS) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Hypertension:
 • Hypertensive emergency
 • Hypertensive encephalopathy
- Differential Diagnosis ... : • Acute GN ... • Acute/Chronic ... Vasculitis • Lupus ... crises Drug
Summary of characteristic abnormalities of selected glomerular diseases
Light Microscopy (LM) - Immunofluorescence Microscopy (IM) - Electron
/nephritis • Lupus ... Post-infectious GN ... • Amyloid RPGN ... #diseases #nephrology ... comparison #table #diagnosis
Common causes of Acute Kidney Injury AKI - Differential Diagnosis
HEMODYNAMIC
 • Cardiac failure: Impaired forward flow,
- Differential Diagnosis ... thromboembolism, renal ... Post-infectious GN ... , Lupus Acute Tubular ... #nephrology
HSCT related renal disease - AKI and CKD
Acute Kidney Injury: Acute GvHD 2-4, Pre renal state,
- AKI and CKD Acute ... Kidney Injury: Acute ... Kidney Disease: • Glomerular ... Proliferative GN ... #differential #diagnosis
Scleroderma Renal Crisis (SRC)

Clinical Presentation of Scleroderma Renal Crisis:
1) Acute kidney injury
2) Abrupt onset of hypertension
3)
Crisis: 1) Acute ... Biopsy to confirm diagnosis ... . pauci-immune GN ... #Crisis #rheumatology ... #nephrology #diagnosis
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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rapidly progressing GN ... pulmonary and renal ... such as systemic lupus ... • Urinalysis (Renal ... #rheumatology #