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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
Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis (RPGN)
RPGN has three primary pathophysiologic causes differentiated by immunofluorescence

Immune Complex Mediated (granular staining):
Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis ... Kidney: Anti-GBM Glomerulonephritis ... involvement: Anti-GBM Disease ... #Progressive #Glomerulonephritis ... #differential #diagnosis
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
Spectrum of Glomerulonephritis 
Pathology - Common Diseases - Typical Presentation 

By Dr. John Roberts @John_K_Roberts

#Glomerulonephritis #Spectrum
Spectrum of Glomerulonephritis ... Pathology - Common Diseases ... John_K_Roberts #Glomerulonephritis ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Nephrology #Causes
Demyelinating Diseases - Differential Diagnosis
 • Inflammatory: MS, ADEM, NMO, Paraneoplastic, Sjogren's, Polyarteritis nodosa, SLE
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Demyelinating Diseases ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Neurosyphilis, PML ... , Sarcoidosis, GPA ... #causes #neurology
Membranoproliferative Glomerulonephritis (MPGN) AKA: Mesangiocapillary GN
 • Active Urine Sediment (dysmorphic RBC, RBC casts, +/- proteinuria)
Membranoproliferative Glomerulonephritis ... (Dense deposit disease ... microangiopathy (TMA ... #MPGN #nephrology ... #diagnosis #renal
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
Guide to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)

What to ask/look for: 
 - HPI, PMH, full ROS
/urea/protein/Cr ... - Pre-renal disease ... related) - Glomerulonephritis ... AcuteKidneyInjury #AKI #Nephrology ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis (RPGN) 
 - Loss of kidney function over a short period of tirne
Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis ... of glomerular disease ... anti-proteinase 3 (CPR ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Nephrology
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
life-threatening diseases ... renal failure (glomerulonephritis ... Inflammatory eye disease ... o infection • Echocardiogram ... progressive (crescentic) glomerulonephritis