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Acute Kidney Injury - Classification
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration
 • Heart failure (a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome)
 • Liver failure
Acute Kidney Injury ... - Classification ... - TTP/HUS • Glomerular ... #Injury #Classification ... #diagnosis #nephrology
Causes of acute kidney injury (AKI). AKI is classified into pre-renal, renal, and post-renal causes. Renal
injury (AKI). ... and interstitial disease ... GBM, Glomerular ... #Diagnosis #AKI ... Causes #Sites #Nephrology
Causes of Hematuria - Differential Diagnosis
Renal:
 - Glomerular - IgA Nephropathy, Thin basement membrane, Alport syndrome,
- Differential Diagnosis ... Renal: - Glomerular ... Structural - Cysts - PKD ... Medullary sponge kidney ... necrosis, Sickle cell disease
Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis (RPGN) 
 - Loss of kidney function over a short period of tirne
) - Loss of kidney ... disease (hematuria ... Glomerulonephritis #RPGN #Classification ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Nephrology
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

PRE-Renal AKI:
 • Hypovolemia
 • Congestion
 • Medications
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Acute Kidney Injury ... - Differential Diagnosis ... • Vascular • Glomerular ... Immune-complex disease ... #Diagnosis #nephrology
Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) Nephropathy
 • Cortical Manifestations
    - Main issue: Hemolysis-associated endothelial
Proteinuria - Glomerular ... pathology - CKD ... Manifestations - Hematuria ... #Nephropathy #diagnosis ... #differential #nephrology
Hematuria - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Gross Hematuria: Red/Dark urine
 • 1ml blood/liter urine can induce color change
Diagnosis Framework ... Immune mediated injury ... basement membrane disease ... disease Renal ... causes #urology #nephrology
Glomerular Diseases - Nephritic and Nephrotic Syndromes

Nephritic syndrome—due to GBM disruption. 
Hypertension. t BUN and creatinine.
Glomerular Diseases ... hematuria. ... Nephrotic #Syndromes #Classification ... #Proteinuria #Nephrology ... #Diagnosis
Causes of Chronic Kidney Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Decreased kidney function (eGFR < 60 ml/min/1.73 m2)
Diagnosis Algorithm ... Atherosclerosis Glomerular ... Hyperphosphatemia #CKD ... KidneyDisease #Nephrology ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Hepatorenal Syndrome (HRS) - Diagnostic Criteria
HRS-AKI (Acute: previously known as HRS Type 1)
 • ↑ Creatinine
Syndrome (HRS) - Diagnostic ... injury: No proteinuria ... (>500mg/d), No haematuria ... disease - ... ascites • HRS-CKD