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Glomerulonephritis - Differential Diagnosis Framework
ANCA:
 • C-ANCA: GPA (Wegener's)
 • P-ANCA: Microscopic Polyangiitis, Eosinophilic GPA (Churg
Glomerulonephritis ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Medicine @SCVMCMed #Glomerulonephritis ... #differential #diagnosis ... #nephrology #causes
Demyelinating Diseases - Differential Diagnosis
 • Inflammatory: MS, ADEM, NMO, Paraneoplastic, Sjogren's, Polyarteritis nodosa, SLE
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- Differential Diagnosis ... Neurosyphilis, PML ... , Sarcoidosis, GPA ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #causes #neurology
Membranoproliferative Glomerulonephritis (MPGN) AKA: Mesangiocapillary GN
 • Active Urine Sediment (dysmorphic RBC, RBC casts, +/- proteinuria)
Membranoproliferative Glomerulonephritis ... microangiopathy (TMA ... Membranoproliferative #Glomerulonephritis ... #MPGN #nephrology ... #diagnosis #renal
Hypokalemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Transcellular Shift:
 • Alkalosis
 • ↑ beta-2 adrenergic simulation 
 • Erythropoiesis
- Differential Diagnosis ... losses (NG suction, diarrhea ... dementia, starvation, TPN ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #nephrology
Guide to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)

What to ask/look for: 
 - HPI, PMH, full ROS
- Urine Na/K/Cl ... /urea/protein/Cr ... related) - Glomerulonephritis ... AcuteKidneyInjury #AKI #Nephrology ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis (RPGN) 
 - Loss of kidney function over a short period of tirne
Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis ... anti-proteinase 3 (CPR ... staining #Glomerulonephritis ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Nephrology
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis ... Differential Diagnosis ... , anti-CCP • CXR ... #differential #diagnosis ... #nephrology
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
renal failure (glomerulonephritis ... multiplex WORKUP & DIAGNOSIS ... o infection • Echocardiogram ... progressive (crescentic) glomerulonephritis ... #differential #diagnosis
Workup for Hypophosphatemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Rule out spurious hypophosphatemia: paraproteinemia, acute leukemia
Measure Urine Fractional Excretion
- Differential Diagnosis ... Malabsorption, Chronic diarrhea ... Glycolysis stimulation, TPN ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... Workup #phosphate #nephrology
Metabolic Alkalosis - Urinary Chloride Algorithm
Cl- responsive metabolic alkalosis
 • Kidney loss of Cl-
Congenital chloride diarrhea ... acidosis • Chronic diarrhea ... acidosis due to diarrhea ... urine #Algorithm #nephrology ... #differential #diagnosis