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Glomerular Diseases - Spectrum
 - Insidious vs Acute
 - Nephritic (hypertension, hematuria, renal failure) vs Nephrotic
Glomerular Diseases ... , renal failure) ... Mehr @poyanmehr #Glomerular ... #Diseases #Spectrum ... diagnosis #nephrology
Spectrum of Glomerular Diseases
Nephrotic - Mechanism:
 • Injury to podocytes
 • Changed architecture: Scanning. Deposition of
Spectrum of Glomerular ... Diseases Nephrotic ... formation #Glomerular ... #Diseases #differential ... #nephrology #nephritic
Glomerular Diseases - Nephritic and Nephrotic Syndromes

Nephritic syndrome—due to GBM disruption. 
Hypertension. t BUN and creatinine.
Glomerular Diseases ... Nephritic syndrome—due ... diabetes)) #Glomerular ... #Diseases #Nephritic ... #Proteinuria #Nephrology
Summary of characteristic abnormalities of selected glomerular diseases
Light Microscopy (LM) - Immunofluorescence Microscopy (IM) - Electron
abnormalities of selected glomerular ... diseases Light ... Nephrotic syndrome ... polyangiitis #glomerular ... #diseases #nephrology
Hematuria - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Gross Hematuria: Red/Dark urine
 • 1ml blood/liter urine can induce color change
or dipstick) Glomerular ... basement membrane disease ... • Signs of glomerular ... disease Renal ... #urology #nephrology
Acute Kidney Injury - Classification
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration
 • Heart failure (a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome)
 • Liver failure
Intrinsic renovascular disease ... - TTP/HUS • Glomerular ... disease - Post-infectious ... Tubulointerstitial disease ... #nephrology
Causes of Hematuria - Differential Diagnosis
Renal:
 - Glomerular - IgA Nephropathy, Thin basement membrane, Alport syndrome,
- Glomerular - ... membrane, Alport syndrome ... - Interstitial nephritis ... necrosis, Sickle cell disease ... #Hematuria #Differential
Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis (RPGN) 
 - Loss of kidney function over a short period of tirne
with evidence of glomerular ... disease (hematuria ... immune deposits in glomeruli ... post-infectious GN Anti-Glomerular ... #Diagnosis #Nephrology
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
Diagnosis for Pulmonary ... vasculitis, Behcet disease ... sclerosis • Anti-Glomerular ... Goodpasture's Disease ... diagnosis #nephrology
Algorithm - Approach to the differential diagnosis of the patient presenting with overt glomerular proteinuria. CMV
presenting with overt glomerular ... impairment), heart disease ... cluster, the diseases ... #diagnosis #glomerular ... #syndrome #nephrology