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Glomerular Diseases - Nephritic and Nephrotic Syndromes

Nephritic syndrome:
 - Acute poststreptococcal 
glomerulonephritis 
 - Rapidly progressive
Glomerular Diseases ... - Berger disease ... Classification #Nephrology ... #Diagnosis * ... Recommended Text: Nephrology
Spectrum of Glomerulonephritis 
Pathology - Common Diseases - Typical Presentation 

By Dr. John Roberts @John_K_Roberts

#Glomerulonephritis #Spectrum
Spectrum of Glomerulonephritis ... Pathology - Common ... Diseases - Typical ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Nephrology #Causes
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury ( AKI ) - Prerenal, Renal, and Postrenal

PRE-RENAL 
Impaired perfusion: 
•
of Acute Kidney Injury ... occlusion RENAL Glomerulonephritis ... • Inflammatory disease ... /phimosis #Diagnosis ... #Differential #Nephrology
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) in Patients with Cancer 

Cancer Related 
• Hypercalcemia 
• Intravenous contrast 
•
Acute Kidney Injury ... LC deposition disease ... Minimal change disease ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... Classification #Nephrology
Common causes of Acute Kidney Injury AKI - Differential Diagnosis
HEMODYNAMIC
 • Cardiac failure: Impaired forward flow,
of Acute Kidney Injury ... inhibitors, hepatorenal syndrome ... fibrosis, cervical cancer ... INTRINSINC RENAL Glomerulonephritides ... #nephrology
Acute Kidney Injury - Classification
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration
 • Heart failure (a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome)
 • Liver failure
Acute Kidney Injury ... a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome ... Post-infectious glomerulonephritis ... Classification #diagnosis ... #nephrology
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes and Mimics - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis
90%:
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- Differential Diagnosis ... rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis ... multiorgan failure - Cancer ... , mitral valve disease ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Causes of Pericardial Effusion - Differential Diagnosis
Infectious:
 • Viral: Enterovirus, Herpesvirus, Adenovirus, Parvovirus
 • Bacterial: Mycobacterium
- Differential Diagnosis ... : EGPA, Horton Disease ... , Takayasu Disease ... Metastatic: Lung Cancer ... , Breast Cancer,
Incomplete Spinal Cord Syndromes
Anterior Cord Syndrome:
 • Bilateral loss of motor, pain and temperature sensation below
below level of injury ... • Hyperflexion injury ... Hyperextension injury ... underlying cervical disease ... #Diagnosis #Neurology
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Acute increase
of Acute Kidney Injury ... • Hepatorenal syndromes ... Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis ... Constipation • Prostate Cancer ... #KidneyInjury #Nephrology