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Algorithm for the Treatment of Membranous Lupus Nephritis
Sub-nephrotic-range proteinuria (<3.5g/d, normal serum albumin) and Preserved kidney
Algorithm for the ... for worsening disease ... to treat extra-renal ... #Algorithm #Treatment ... #management #nephrology
Intrinsic Renal Disease - Differential Diagnosis
Vascular:
 • Macrovascular: Renal artery occlusion, Fibromuscular disease
 • Microvascular: TTP/HUS,
Intrinsic Renal ... Disease - Differential ... Glomerular: • Nephrotic ... • Nephritic: ... #Disease #nephrology
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Acute Kidney Injury ... - AKI Workup Algorithm ... • Interstitial nephritis ... #Injury #AKI #Workup ... #Diagnosis #nephrology
Causes of Chronic Kidney Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Decreased kidney function (eGFR < 60 ml/min/1.73 m2)
Diagnosis Algorithm ... Decreased kidney ... (eGFR < 60 ml/min ... KidneyDisease #Nephrology ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury ( AKI ) - Prerenal, Renal, and Postrenal

PRE-RENAL 
Impaired perfusion: 
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Causes of Acute Kidney ... Interstitial nephritis ... • Inflammatory disease ... Diagnosis #Acute #Kidney ... #Differential #Nephrology
Urinary Casts and Disease Associations
Hyaline - May be nonspecific; seen in normal individuals or during severe
Urinary Casts and Disease ... broad - Advanced kidney ... disease Red blood ... , renal tuberculosis ... Fatty - Nephrotic
Common causes of Acute Kidney Injury AKI - Differential Diagnosis
HEMODYNAMIC
 • Cardiac failure: Impaired forward flow,
causes of Acute Kidney ... thromboembolism, renal ... • Primary GNs: Disease ... Acute Interstitial Nephritis ... Differential #Diagnosis #nephrology
Lupus Nephritis - Diagnostic approach to kidney disease associated with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)
SLE patient develops
disease associated ... Proteinuria > 500 mg ... Disease (5%) ... #diagnosis #algorithm ... #sle #nephrology
NSAIDS and their effects on the Kidney - Pathophysiology

Arachidonic Acid metabolites into alternative pathways that modify
effects on the Kidney ... Minimal Change Disease ... Acute Interstitial Nephritis ... Necrosis of kidney ... KidneyDisease #nephrology
Hypernatremia Diagnosis and Workup

Step 1 . Repeat the sodium concentration.
Step 2.  Check plasma osmolality.
NORMAL PLASMA
Diagnosis and Workup ... liver failure • nephrotic ... syndrome • renal ... Hypernatremia #Diagnosis #Workup ... #Algorithm #Nephrology