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Glomerular Diseases - Spectrum
 - Insidious vs Acute
 - Nephritic (hypertension, hematuria, renal failure) vs Nephrotic
Glomerular Diseases ... hypertension, hematuria, renal ... #Diseases #Spectrum ... #differential #diagnosis ... #nephrology
Causes of acute kidney injury (AKI). AKI is classified into pre-renal, renal, and post-renal causes. Renal
vascular supply; glomerular ... and interstitial disease ... GBM, Glomerular ... #Diagnosis #AKI ... Causes #Sites #Nephrology
Workup of Hypercalcemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
High or Normal PTH:
 • Hyperparathyroidism: Parathyroid adenoma, Parathyroid hyperplasia,
Workup of Hypercalcemia ... Skeletal metastatic disease ... disorders, Paget's disease ... Granulomatous diseases ... #nephrology #PTH
Atlas of Urine Microscopy Findings
 • Epithelial cells - Normal
 • Renal tubular cells - Acute
disease, but can ... of glomerular disease ... disease • Granular ... disease • “Muddy ... #nephrology #casts
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

PRE-Renal AKI:
 • Hypovolemia
 • Congestion
 • Medications
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- Differential Diagnosis ... • Vascular • Glomerular ... Immune-complex disease ... Bilateral ureteral disease ... #nephrology
Intrinsic Renal Disease - Differential Diagnosis
Vascular:
 • Macrovascular: Renal artery occlusion, Fibromuscular disease
 • Microvascular: TTP/HUS,
Disease - Differential ... Diagnosis Vascular ... Fibromuscular disease ... HTN, Vasculitis Glomerular ... #Disease #nephrology
Causes of Chronic Kidney Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Decreased kidney function (eGFR < 60 ml/min/1.73 m2)
Chronic Kidney Disease ... of Renovascular disease ... Polycystic kidney disease ... Medullary cystic disease ... Other small vessel disease
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
Peripheral edema, Disease-specific ... vasculitis, Behcet disease ... Goodpasture's Disease ... dysmorphic RBCs) • Disease-specific ... #nephrology
Hematuria - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Gross Hematuria: Red/Dark urine
 • 1ml blood/liter urine can induce color change
- Differential Diagnosis ... basement membrane disease ... - RBC casts → Diagnostic ... disease Renal ... causes #urology #nephrology
Summary of characteristic abnormalities of selected glomerular diseases
Light Microscopy (LM) - Immunofluorescence Microscopy (IM) - Electron
diseases Light ... Minimal change disease ... RPGN • Anti-GBM disease ... #diseases #nephrology ... #diagnosis #microscopy