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Kidney Biopsy - Diagnosis Algorithms
1) Normal Glomerulus by LM
2) Glomerular Crescents
3) Double Contours of GBM
4) Endocapillary
Kidney Biopsy - ... Algorithms 1) Normal Glomerulus ... by LM 2) Glomerular ... Double Contours of GBM ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #nephrology
Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis (RPGN) 
 - Loss of kidney function over a short period of tirne
Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis ... ) - Loss of kidney ... with evidence of glomerular ... post-infectious GN Anti-Glomerular ... Differential #Diagnosis #Nephrology
Approach to managing Glomerulonephritis (GN) in children. 

ANCA, antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies; c-ANCA, cytoplasmic antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies;
Approach to managing Glomerulonephritis ... cytoplasmic antibodies; GBM ... , glomerular basement ... #Glomerulonephritis ... #Algorithm #Nephrology
Causes of acute kidney injury (AKI). AKI is classified into pre-renal, renal, and post-renal causes. Renal
Causes of acute kidney ... components of the kidney ... vascular supply; glomerular ... GBM, Glomerular ... Causes #Sites #Nephrology
Anti-GIomeruIar Basement Membrane Disease (Goodpasture's Disease)

What is it? A small vessel vasculitis with circulating antibodies directed
Anti-GIomeruIar ... directed against the glomerular ... rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis ... Diagnosis: • Anti-GBM ... AntiGBM #diagnosis #nephrology
Stage IV Glomerulonephritis on Electron Microscopy

This image shows acellular scanning EM of glomerular capillary loops from
Stage IV Glomerulonephritis ... acellular scanning EM ... of glomerular capillary ... #glomerulus #MGN ... SEM #clinical #nephrology
Acute Kidney Injury - Classification
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration
 • Heart failure (a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome)
 • Liver failure
Acute Kidney Injury ... - TTP/HUS • Glomerular ... Post-infectious glomerulonephritis ... #AKI #Acute #Kidney ... Classification #diagnosis #nephrology
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

PRE-Renal AKI:
 • Hypovolemia
 • Congestion
 • Medications
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Acute Kidney Injury ... • Vascular • Glomerular ... disease, Anti-GBM ... #AKI #Acute #Kidney ... Differential #Diagnosis #nephrology
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis ... sclerosis • Anti-Glomerular ... anti-ANCA ab, anti-GBM ... biopsy By Tess Litchman ... differential #diagnosis #nephrology
Membranoproliferative Glomerulonephritis (MPGN) AKA: Mesangiocapillary GN
 • Active Urine Sediment (dysmorphic RBC, RBC casts, +/- proteinuria)
Membranoproliferative Glomerulonephritis ... formation along glomerular ... immune deposits on EM ... Membranoproliferative #Glomerulonephritis ... #MPGN #nephrology