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Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

PRE-Renal AKI:
 • Hypovolemia
 • Congestion
 • Medications
 •
Glomerular: ANCA, Immune-complex ... Interstitial: Immune-mediated ... Differential #Diagnosis #nephrology
Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis (RPGN) 
 - Loss of kidney function over a short period of tirne
Bowman's space) Immune-Complex ... • Presence of immune ... deposits Pauci-lmmune ... • Minimal immune ... Differential #Diagnosis #Nephrology
Glomerulonephritis - Differential Diagnosis Framework
ANCA:
 • C-ANCA: GPA (Wegener's)
 • P-ANCA: Microscopic Polyangiitis, Eosinophilic GPA (Churg
Strauss) Anti-GBM Immune ... differential #diagnosis #nephrology
NSAIDS and their effects on the Kidney - Pathophysiology

Arachidonic Acid metabolites into alternative pathways that modify
pathways that modify immune ... Idiosyncratic immune ... KidneyDisease #nephrology
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Acute increase
antibodies • Immune-complex ... lupus) • Pauci-immune ... legionella) • Immune ... #KidneyInjury #Nephrology
Membranoproliferative Glomerulonephritis (MPGN) AKA: Mesangiocapillary GN
 • Active Urine Sediment (dysmorphic RBC, RBC casts, +/- proteinuria)
capillary walls Immune-Complex ... deposition • Minimal immune ... Glomerulonephritis #MPGN #nephrology
Pathogenesis of PLA2R-associated (primary) Membranous Nephropathy

Immune deposits  → Activate complement  → C5b-9 complex
Nephropathy Immune ... pathophysiology #nephrology
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
Syndromes: • Pauci-Immune ... Cryoglobulinemia) • Immune ... differential #diagnosis #nephrology
Causes of Chronic Kidney Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Decreased kidney function (eGFR < 60 ml/min/1.73 m2)
pyelonephritis) • Immune ... KidneyDisease #Nephrology
Hematuria - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Gross Hematuria: Red/Dark urine
 • 1ml blood/liter urine can induce color change
Hematuria: • Immune ... causes #urology #nephrology