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Membranoproliferative Glomerulonephritis (MPGN) AKA: Mesangiocapillary GN
 • Active Urine Sediment (dysmorphic RBC, RBC casts, +/- proteinuria)
Membranoproliferative Glomerulonephritis ... (MPGN) AKA: Mesangiocapillary ... , CFHR5 neph) MPGN ... Membranoproliferative #Glomerulonephritis ... #MPGN #nephrology
Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis (RPGN)
RPGN has three primary pathophysiologic causes differentiated by immunofluorescence

Immune Complex Mediated (granular staining):
Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis ... (RPGN) RPGN has ... • Limited to Kidney ... : Anti-GBM Glomerulonephritis ... #Progressive #Glomerulonephritis
Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis (RPGN) 
 - Loss of kidney function over a short period of tirne
Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis ... (RPGN) - Loss ... of kidney function ... staining #Glomerulonephritis ... #RPGN #Classification
Intrinsic Renal Disease - Differential Diagnosis
Vascular:
 • Macrovascular: Renal artery occlusion, Fibromuscular disease
 • Microvascular: TTP/HUS,
, Amyloidosis, MPGN ... • Nephritic: RPGN ... , IgA, Alport, MPGN
Causes of Hematuria - Glomerular vs Non-glomerular

== Glomerular ==
- Glomerulonephritis 
- Thin basement membrane disease 

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Glomerular == - Glomerulonephritis ... Non-glomerular == Kidney ... - Polycystic kidney
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury ( AKI ) - Prerenal, Renal, and Postrenal

PRE-RENAL 
Impaired perfusion: 
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Causes of Acute Kidney ... occlusion RENAL Glomerulonephritis ... Diagnosis #Acute #Kidney
NSAID vs ACEI/ARB effects on the Kidneys

Remember that NSAIDs and ACEI/ARB therapy have opposing effects on
effects on the Kidneys ... effects on the kidneys ... contribute to kidney ... patients with normal kidney ... used for their kidney
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Prerenal:
 • Due to true volume loss or decreased
Acute Kidney Injury ... nephritis) • GN (glomerulonephritis ... Cellular debris • Kidney ... LouLectures #Acute #Kidney
Glomerular Diseases - Nephritic and Nephrotic Syndromes

Nephritic syndrome:
 - Acute poststreptococcal 
glomerulonephritis 
 - Rapidly progressive
poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis ... Rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis ... proliferative glomerulonephritis ... Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis
Acute Kidney Injury - Classification
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration
 • Heart failure (a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome)
 • Liver failure
Acute Kidney Injury ... Post-infectious glomerulonephritis ... #AKI #Acute #Kidney