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Lupus Nephritis Classification Algorithm

#Lupus #Nephritis #Classification #Algorithm #diagnosis #differential #types #rheumatology #nephrology #renal
Lupus Nephritis ... Algorithm #Lupus ... #Algorithm #diagnosis ... differential #types #rheumatology ... #nephrology #renal
Summary of characteristic abnormalities of selected glomerular diseases
Light Microscopy (LM) - Immunofluorescence Microscopy (IM) - Electron
Microscopy (EM) Haematuria ... /nephritisLupus ... • Amyloid RPGN ... glomerular #diseases #nephrology ... comparison #table #diagnosis
Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis (RPGN)
RPGN has three primary pathophysiologic causes differentiated by immunofluorescence

Immune Complex Mediated (granular staining):
) RPGN has three ... Complement: Post-strep GN ... , Lupus Nephritis ... #differential #diagnosis ... #algorithm #rheumatology
Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis (RPGN) 
 - Loss of kidney function over a short period of tirne
glomerular disease (hematuria ... IgA nephropathy, lupus ... nephritis, cryoglobulinemia ... post-infectious GN ... #Nephrology
Hematuria - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Gross Hematuria: Red/Dark urine
 • 1ml blood/liter urine can induce color change
Diagnosis Framework ... urine • 1ml blood ... Post-infectious GN ... causes #urology #nephrology ... blood
Staphylococcus-associated GlomeruloNephritis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
CLINICAL
 • Nephritic syndrome (Casts)
 • Marked proteinuria (may be
CLINICAL • Nephritic ... • Often severe renal ... 15% macroscopic haematuria ... GlomeruloNephritis #nephrology ... #GN
Membranoproliferative Glomerulonephritis (MPGN) AKA: Mesangiocapillary GN
 • Active Urine Sediment (dysmorphic RBC, RBC casts, +/- proteinuria)
Glomerulonephritis (MPGN ... Mesangiocapillary GN ... glomerulopathy, radiation nephritis ... #nephrology #diagnosis ... #renal
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
Hematuria in Post-Renal Transplant Patient
Prevalence up to 12% in the postrenal transplant patient
 • Bacterial: Escherichia
Hematuria in Post-Renal ... Herpes Simple Virus ... #differential #diagnosis ... #kidney #blood ... management #treatment #nephrology
Renal involvement in 35% of mixed cryoglobulinemia vasculitis 
Associated with : 
 • Absence of skin
Renal involvement ... presentation • Hematuria ... • Tendency for nephrotic ... Vasculitis #Management #Rheumatology ... Cryoglobulinemic #Nephrology