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Causes of acute kidney injury (AKI). AKI is classified into pre-renal, renal, and post-renal causes. Renal
kidney injury (AKI ... and interstitial disease ... GBM, Glomerular ... #Diagnosis #AKI ... Injury #Differential
Kidney Syndromes - A Guide to Compartmentalize the Etiologies of Kidney Disease
1) Tubule and interstitium
2) Vasculature
3)
Disease 1) Tubule ... Vasculature 3) Glomerulus ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #Causes ... #AKI
Acute Kidney Injury - Classification
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration
 • Heart failure (a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome)
 • Liver failure
Acute Kidney Injury ... Intrinsic renovascular disease ... - TTP/HUS • Glomerular ... disease - Post-infectious ... Tubulointerstitial disease
Acute Kidney Injury - Differential Diagnosis Framework
PRERENAL:
 - Intrarenal vasoconstriction-hemodynamically mediated
 - Systemic vasodilation
 - Volume
Acute Kidney Injury ... PRERENAL: - Intrarenal ... INTRINSIC: - Glomerular ... treating underlying cause ... #Injury #AKI #Differential
Hematuria - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Gross Hematuria: Red/Dark urine
 • 1ml blood/liter urine can induce color change
or dipstick) Glomerular ... of Glomerular Bleeding ... basement membrane disease ... • Signs of glomerular ... disease Renal
Causes of Hematuria - Differential Diagnosis
Renal:
 - Glomerular - IgA Nephropathy, Thin basement membrane, Alport syndrome,
Causes of Hematuria ... Diagnosis Renal: ... - Glomerular - ... necrosis, Sickle cell disease ... #Diagnosis #Causes
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury ( AKI ) - Prerenal, Renal, and Postrenal

PRE-RENAL 
Impaired perfusion: 
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Causes of Acute ... Kidney Injury ( ... AKI ) - Prerenal ... • Inflammatory disease ... #Injury #Prerenal
Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis (RPGN)
RPGN has three primary pathophysiologic causes differentiated by immunofluorescence

Immune Complex Mediated (granular staining):
three primary pathophysiologic ... causes differentiated ... • Limited to Kidney ... involvement: Anti-GBM Disease ... #rheumatology
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
life-threatening diseases ... : (AKI, proteinuria ... Inflammatory eye disease ... injury), Coags ... hypercellular glomeruli
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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Vasculitis - Skin, glomeruli ... disease, and ocular ... : glomerular ischemia ... rheumatic diseases ... #diagnosis #rheumatology