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Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis (RPGN)
RPGN has three primary pathophysiologic causes differentiated by immunofluorescence

Immune Complex Mediated (granular staining):
Anti-GBM antibodies (linear ... • Limited to Kidney ... #Vasculitis #differential ... #diagnosis #algorithm ... #rheumatology
Acute Kidney Injury - Classification
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration
 • Heart failure (a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome)
 • Liver failure
Acute Kidney Injury ... - Small vessel vasculitis ... Post-infectious glomerulonephritis ... #Injury #Classification ... #diagnosis #nephrology
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Acute increase
Differential Diagnosis ... Malignancy Rapidly Progressive ... Glomerulonephritis ... #AKI #Acute #KidneyInjury ... #Nephrology #Differential
Drug Induced Kidney Injury
 • Pre-Renal: NSAIDS, CNI, ACEI/ARB, IL-2 therapy, Diuretics CAR-T therapy
 • Osmotic
Drug Induced Kidney ... : Drug induced vasculitis ... #differential # ... diagnosis #algorithm ... #nephrology #Medications
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury ( AKI ) - Prerenal, Renal, and Postrenal

PRE-RENAL 
Impaired perfusion: 
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occlusion RENAL Glomerulonephritis ... Small-vessel vasculitis ... /phimosis #Diagnosis ... Postrenal #Failure #Differential ... #Nephrology
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Pre-Renal:
 • Hypovolemia, Cardiorenal, Distributive Shock, HRS, Hypercalcemia, Renal
Acute Kidney Injury ... Artery Stenosis, Abdominal ... Emboli, Thrombosis, Vasculitis ... #Injury #Differential ... #Diagnosis #nephrology
Common causes of Acute Kidney Injury AKI - Differential Diagnosis
HEMODYNAMIC
 • Cardiac failure: Impaired forward flow,
causes of Acute Kidney ... Injury AKI - Differential ... INTRINSINC RENAL Glomerulonephritides ... causes #Acute #KidneyInjury ... Diagnosis #nephrology
Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis (RPGN) 
 - Loss of kidney function over a short period of tirne
Rapidly Progressive ... ) - Loss of kidney ... alpha3 chain) • Linear ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #Nephrology
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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proteinuria, rapidly progressing ... Kidneys -> glomerulonephritis ... differential #diagnosis ... #rheumatology # ... classification
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Acute Kidney Injury ... and signs • Glomerulonephritis ... / Vasculits: ANCA ... renal biopsy • Abdominal ... #Diagnosis #nephrology