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Causes of Hematuria - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Red blood cells on urine microscopy. Must exclude false positives
Causes of Hematuria ... Algorithm Red blood ... cells on urine ... • Hereditary nephritis ... and >3.5g/day (nephrotic
Hematuria - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Gross Hematuria: Red/Dark urine
 • 1ml blood/liter urine can induce color change
: - RBC casts ... - Proteinuria ... #causes #urology ... #nephrology #renal ... #urine #blood
Algorithmic Approach to Acute Interstitial Nephritis
When to suspect AIN? (not sensitive)
 • AKI, AKD, rapidly progressive
Nephritis When ... sterile pyuria, WBC ... , microscopic hematuria ... #Nephritis #AIN ... #diagnosis
Staphylococcus-associated GlomeruloNephritis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
CLINICAL
 • Nephritic syndrome (Casts)
 • Marked proteinuria (may be
CLINICAL • Nephritic ... syndrome (Casts ... ) • Marked proteinuria ... (may be nephrotic ... #nephrology #diagnosis
Algorithm - Approach to the differential diagnosis of the patient presenting with overt glomerular proteinuria. CMV
basement membrane; GN ... In each diagnosis ... because nephritic ... #glomerular #proteinuria ... #nephrotic #syndrome
Membranoproliferative Glomerulonephritis (MPGN) AKA: Mesangiocapillary GN
 • Active Urine Sediment (dysmorphic RBC, RBC casts, +/- proteinuria)
Mesangiocapillary GN ... • Active Urine ... , RBC casts, +/- ... glomerulopathy, radiation nephritis ... #diagnosis #renal
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
and Differential Diagnosis ... microscopy / urinary ... and signs • Glomerulonephritis ... Interstitial nephritis ... #nephrology #causes
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
Goodpasture's cause ... reveals increasing blood ... , RBC casts, low ... hypercellular glomeruli ... crescentic GN
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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multiplex • Hematuria ... , proteinuria, rapidly ... progressing GN ... tract, and often causes ... inflammatory lesions-interstitial
Amyloidosis - Summary
Group of disorders associated with extracellular deposition of fibrils formed from low-molecular-weight proteins in
Group of disorders associated ... : • Nephrotic syndrome ... • Proteinuria ... urineAmyloid ... Testing Blood