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Glomerular Diseases - Nephritic and Nephrotic Syndromes

Nephritic syndrome:
 - Acute poststreptococcal 
glomerulonephritis 
 - Rapidly progressive
- Nephritic and ... Nephrotic Syndromes ... Nephritic syndrome ... #Nephritic #Nephrotic ... #Diagnosis *
Nephritic nephrotic algorithm. #kidney #Nephritic #Nephrotic #Syndrome #Comparison #Algorithm #Nephrology #Diagnosis
Nephritic nephrotic ... #kidney #Nephritic ... #Nephrotic #Syndrome ... #Comparison #Algorithm ... #Nephrology #Diagnosis
Spectrum of Glomerular Diseases
Nephrotic - Mechanism:
 • Injury to podocytes
 • Changed architecture: Scanning. Deposition of
Nephrotic - Mechanism ... other elements Nephritic ... differential #spectrum #diagnosis ... #nephrology #nephritic ... #nephrotic #comparison
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Common Patterns on Urinalysis
 - Prerenal
 - ATN
 - AIN
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Acute Kidney Injury ... AIN - UTI - Nephrotic ... Syndrome - Nephritic ... AKI #Urinalysis #diagnosis ... #table #comparison
Urinary Casts and Disease Associations
Hyaline - May be nonspecific; seen in normal individuals or during severe
broad - Advanced kidney ... cell - Glomerulonephritis ... tubulointerstitial nephritis ... tuberculosis Fatty - Nephrotic ... Differential #Microscopy #Diagnosis
Lupus Nephritis - Diagnostic approach to kidney disease associated with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)
SLE patient develops
Lupus Nephritis ... to kidney disease ... > 500 mg/d • Nephritic ... #Lupus #Nephritis ... #sle #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 ... Classification #diagnosis ... #nephrology
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury ( AKI ) - Prerenal, Renal, and Postrenal

PRE-RENAL 
Impaired perfusion: 
•
Causes of Acute Kidney ... occlusion RENAL Glomerulonephritis ... Interstitial nephritis ... • Inflammatory disease ... /phimosis #Diagnosis
Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis (RPGN)
RPGN has three primary pathophysiologic causes differentiated by immunofluorescence

Immune Complex Mediated (granular staining):
Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis ... Post-strep GN, Lupus Nephritis ... • Limited to Kidney ... involvement: Anti-GBM Disease ... #differential #diagnosis
Summary of characteristic abnormalities of selected glomerular diseases
Light Microscopy (LM) - Immunofluorescence Microscopy (IM) - Electron
EM) Haematuria/nephritis ... Haemolytic-uraemic syndrome Nephrotic ... #nephrology #pathology ... #comparison #table ... #diagnosis #microscopy