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Algorithm for the Treatment of Membranous Lupus Nephritis
Sub-nephrotic-range proteinuria (<3.5g/d, normal serum albumin) and Preserved kidney
Membranous Lupus Nephritis ... Sub-nephrotic-range ... 3.5g/d, normal serum ... proliferative from of LN Nephrotic ... Membranous #Lupus #Nephritis
Urinary Casts and Disease Associations
Hyaline - May be nonspecific; seen in normal individuals or during severe
Urinary Casts and Disease ... broad - Advanced kidney ... cell - Glomerulonephritis ... tubulointerstitial nephritis ... tuberculosis Fatty - Nephrotic
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Acute Kidney Injury ... - AKI Workup Algorithm ... and signs • Glomerulonephritis ... • Interstitial nephritis ... Differential #Diagnosis #nephrology
Acute Kidney Injury - Classification
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration
 • Heart failure (a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome)
 • Liver failure
Acute Kidney Injury ... Post-infectious glomerulonephritis ... Acute interstitial nephritis ... #AKI #Acute #Kidney ... Classification #diagnosis #nephrology
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 ... Interstitial nephritis ... • Inflammatory disease ... #Differential #Nephrology
Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis (RPGN) 
 - Loss of kidney function over a short period of tirne
Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis ... ) - Loss of kidney ... of glomerular disease ... nephropathy, lupus nephritis ... Differential #Diagnosis #Nephrology
Common causes of Acute Kidney Injury AKI - Differential Diagnosis
HEMODYNAMIC
 • Cardiac failure: Impaired forward flow,
causes of Acute Kidney ... INTRINSINC RENAL Glomerulonephritides ... • Primary GNs: Disease ... Acute Interstitial Nephritis ... Differential #Diagnosis #nephrology
Recommended initial testing for patients being evaluated for glomerular disease 

24-hour urine collection - Quantify proteinuria.
for glomerular disease ... glomerular #testing #workup ... #diagnosis #glomerulonephritis ... #nephrotic #nephritic ... #nephrology
Urine Microscopy - Casts
Acellular Casts
 • Hyaline Casts - Consists of only precipitated Tamm-Horsfell protein without
acute and chronic kidney ... diseases • Fatty ... suggestive of nephrotic ... suggestive of glomerulonephritis ... Urine #Microscopy #nephrology
Recommended initial testing for patients being evaluated for glomerular disease
1) 24-hour urine collection - Quantify proteinuria.
expensive 2) Serum ... Serum or urine for ... #workup #diagnosis ... initial #testing #nephrology ... #nephrotic #nephritis