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Acute Kidney Injury - Classification
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration
 • Heart failure (a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome)
 • Liver failure
Acute Kidney Injury ... - TTP/HUS • Glomerular ... glomerulonephritis ... tubular necrosis (causes ... #diagnosis #nephrology
Membranoproliferative Glomerulonephritis (MPGN) AKA: Mesangiocapillary GN
 • Active Urine Sediment (dysmorphic RBC, RBC casts, +/- proteinuria)
, +/- proteinuria ... formation along glomerular ... (Dense deposit disease ... #MPGN #nephrology ... #diagnosis #renal
Algorithm - Approach to the differential diagnosis of the patient presenting with overt glomerular proteinuria. CMV
presenting with overt glomerular ... Cytomegalovirus; GBM = glomerular ... #glomerular #proteinuria ... #nephrotic #syndrome ... #nephrology
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Acute Kidney Injury ... • Glomerulonephritis ... • Interstitial nephritis ... #Injury #AKI #Workup ... #nephrology #causes
Common causes of Acute Kidney Injury AKI - Differential Diagnosis
HEMODYNAMIC
 • Cardiac failure: Impaired forward flow,
Acute Kidney Injury ... inhibitors, hepatorenal syndrome ... INTRINSINC RENAL Glomerulonephritides ... Acute Interstitial Nephritis ... #nephrology
Hematuria - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Gross Hematuria: Red/Dark urine
 • 1ml blood/liter urine can induce color change
or dipstick) Glomerular ... of Glomerular Bleeding ... of glomerular hematuria ... Suggestive of glomerular ... #nephrology #renal
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
life-threatening diseases ... EGPA) • Renal: (AKI ... , proteinuria, hematuria ... quantify renal injury ... hypercellular glomeruli
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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• Hematuria, proteinuria ... tract, and often causes ... Vasculitis - Skin, glomeruli ... : glomerular ischemia ... Kidneys -> glomerulonephritis
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
• Hematuria, proteinuria ... purpura: Strong sign ... musculoskeletal systems • Kidneys ... : Non-glomerular ... tract, and often causes