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Causes of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Acute increase
Causes of Acute ... Glomerulonephritis • Anti-GBM ... antibodies • ... polyangiitis /microscopic ... #KidneyInjury #Nephrology
Summary of characteristic abnormalities of selected glomerular diseases
Light Microscopy (LM) - Immunofluorescence Microscopy (IM) - Electron
(IM) - Electron ... Microscopy (EM) ... Amyloid RPGN • Anti-GBM ... #nephrology #pathology ... comparison #table #diagnosis
ANA (Antinuclear Antibody) and ANCA (Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies)
 • Systemic lupus erythematosus
   1. Anti-dsDNA
Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies ... Vasculitis: • Microscopic ... ANCA+ 90% • Anti-GBM ... Antineutrophil #antibodies ... #diagnosis #rheumatology
Causes of Proteinuria - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Persistent Proteinuria >150mg/d protein present on repeat testing including overnight
proliferative • Anti-GBM ... antibodies ... polyangiitis (GPA) / microscopic ... Minimal change disease ... #Proteinuria #Nephrology
Causes of Hematuria - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Red blood cells on urine microscopy. Must exclude false positives
Causes of Hematuria ... - Differential Diagnosis ... cells on urine microscopy ... wall) • Anti-GBM ... antibodies
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
and Differential Diagnosis ... dipstick, urine microscopy ... osmolarity If cause ... Vasculits: ANCA, ANA, Anti-GBM ... #nephrology #causes
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
Differential Diagnosis ... polyangiitis, Microscopic ... ab, anti-GBM ab ... #differential #diagnosis ... #nephrology
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
life-threatening diseases ... EGPA) • Renal: (AKI ... EGPA) • Auto-antibodies ... ANCA antibody, Anti-GBM ... usually low in anti-GBM
Anti-GIomeruIar Basement Membrane Disease (Goodpasture's Disease)

What is it? A small vessel vasculitis with circulating antibodies directed
hemorrhage Diagnosis ... : • Anti-GBM antibodies ... weeks By Tess Litchman ... Goodpastures #AntiGBM #diagnosis ... #nephrology #pulmonary
Myasthenia Gravis - Summary
 • an autoimmune disease of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction associated with antibodies
- but 5% have anti—muscle-specific ... More likely to cause ... glucocorticoids - can cause ... Hospital of Baltimore IM ... #management #neurology