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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
Causes of Hematuria - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Red blood cells on urine microscopy. Must exclude false positives
• Calculi Glomerular ... epithelial side of glomerular ... • Thin GBM disease ... • Pauci-immune disease ... Differential #Diagnosis
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 ... #diagnosis #nephrology
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
Causes of Hematuria - Differential Diagnosis
Renal:
 - Glomerular - IgA Nephropathy, Thin basement membrane, Alport syndrome,
- Glomerular - ... syndrome, Other glomerulonephritis ... - Interstitial nephritis ... necrosis, Sickle cell disease ... #Hematuria #Differential
Hematuria - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Gross Hematuria: Red/Dark urine
 • 1ml blood/liter urine can induce color change
or dipstick) Glomerular ... • Causes of Glomerular ... basement membrane disease ... • Signs of glomerular ... disease Renal
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
Diagnosis for Pulmonary ... , Behcet disease ... sclerosis • Anti-Glomerular ... Goodpasture's Disease ... #diagnosis #nephrology
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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- Skin, glomeruli ... disease, and ocular ... : - Kidneys: glomerular ... rheumatic diseases ... differential #diagnosis
Algorithm - Approach to the differential diagnosis of the patient presenting with overt glomerular proteinuria. CMV
presenting with overt glomerular ... Cytomegalovirus; GBM = glomerular ... impairment), heart disease ... cluster, the diseases ... #diagnosis #glomerular
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury ( AKI ) - Prerenal, Renal, and Postrenal

PRE-RENAL 
Impaired perfusion: 
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Small-vessel vasculitis ... Interstitial nephritis ... • Inflammatory disease ... /phimosis #Diagnosis ... #Differential #