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Acute Kidney Injury - Classification
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration
 • Heart failure (a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome)
 • Liver failure
- Classification ... Intrinsic renovascular disease ... • Glomerular disease ... Tubulointerstitial disease ... #diagnosis #nephrology
Summary of characteristic abnormalities of selected glomerular diseases
Light Microscopy (LM) - Immunofluorescence Microscopy (IM) - Electron
selected glomerular diseases ... Minimal change disease ... RPGN • Anti-GBM disease ... #glomerular #diseases ... #diagnosis #microscopy
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) in Patients with Cancer 

Cancer Related 
• Hypercalcemia 
• Intravenous contrast 
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LC deposition disease ... Minimal change disease ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Classification ... #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 ... #Differential #Microscopy ... #Diagnosis #Nephrology
Intracerebral hemorrhages (ICH) - Subdural, Epidural, Subarachnoid Comparison

Subdural hematoma 
• Crescent-shaped 
• Blood collection between dura
, Subarachnoid Comparison ... • Polycystic kidney ... disease (risk factor ... #Subarachnoid #Comparison ... #Neurology #Diagnosis
Guide to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)

What to ask/look for: 
 - HPI, PMH, full ROS
Guide to Acute Kidney ... - Urinalysis/microscopy ... - Pre-renal disease ... AcuteKidneyInjury #AKI #Nephrology ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Urine Microscopy - Casts
Acellular Casts
 • Hyaline Casts - Consists of only precipitated Tamm-Horsfell protein without
Urine Microscopy ... acute and chronic kidney ... diseases • Fatty ... #nephrology #interpretation ... #diagnosis
Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis (RPGN) 
 - Loss of kidney function over a short period of tirne
) - Loss of kidney ... of glomerular disease ... Glomerulonephritis #RPGN #Classification ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Nephrology
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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pain • Kawasaki Disease ... (Granulomatous disease ... well as inner ear disease ... atherosclerotic disease ... most important diseases
Albuminuria (Grades) and Risk for CKD
Normal to mildly increased albuminuria:
 - Albumin excretion rate: < 30
of progressive kidney ... disease & cardiovascular ... Albuminuria #Grades #classification ... #CKD #nephrology ... #diagnosis #proteinuria