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Acute Kidney Injury - Classification
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration
 • Heart failure (a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome)
 • Liver failure
Post-infectious glomerulonephritis ... ) - Acute interstitial ... nephritis (AIN) ... Classification #diagnosis ... #nephrology
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury ( AKI ) - Prerenal, Renal, and Postrenal

PRE-RENAL 
Impaired perfusion: 
•
hypotension Interstitial ... nephritis • Drugs ... • Inflammatory disease ... /phimosis #Diagnosis ... #Differential #Nephrology
Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis (RPGN) 
 - Loss of kidney function over a short period of tirne
of glomerular disease ... nephropathy, lupus nephritis ... autoAb against type ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Nephrology
Common causes of Acute Kidney Injury AKI - Differential Diagnosis
HEMODYNAMIC
 • Cardiac failure: Impaired forward flow,
- Differential Diagnosis ... INTRINSINC RENAL Glomerulonephritides ... Toxins Acute Interstitial ... Nephritis (AIN) ... #nephrology
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
context and signs ... • Glomerulonephritis ... renal biopsy • Interstitial ... nephritis: eosinophilia ... #nephrology #causes
Urine Microscopy - Casts
Acellular Casts
 • Hyaline Casts - Consists of only precipitated Tamm-Horsfell protein without
chronic kidney diseases ... suggestive of nephrotic ... suggestive of interstitial ... Urine #Microscopy #nephrology ... interpretation #diagnosis
Comprehensive pathogenesis of IgA Nephropathy (i.e Berger’s Disease). 

IgA Nephropathy is the most common cause of
common cause of Glomerulonephritis ... - What type of Hypersensitivity ... iga-nephropathy-short-note-flash-cards ... IgANephropathy #Nephrology ... BergersDisease #clinical
Secondary Causes of Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hypertension - BP > 140/90 (>130/80 for DM)
Hypertensive urgency
based on repeat clinic ... Renal Parenchymal Diseases ... • Glomerulonephritis ... • Nephritic syndrome ... HTN #Secondary #Nephrology
Recommended initial testing for patients being evaluated for glomerular disease 

24-hour urine collection - Quantify proteinuria.
Spot PC (protein ... cryoglobulinemias (types ... testing #workup #diagnosis ... #glomerulonephritis ... #nephrology
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

Epidemiology:
• F > M: 9:1
• 5-6th Decades (can be any age)

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
IV RTA, TYPE I ... RTA Diagnosis: ... salivary ducts Clinical ... nephritis • Distal ... acidosis • NAGMA • Glomerulonephritis