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Summary of characteristic abnormalities of selected glomerular diseases
Light Microscopy (LM) - Immunofluorescence Microscopy (IM) - Electron
(IM) - Electron ... Microscopy (EM) ... Amyloid RPGN • Anti-GBM ... #diseases #nephrology ... comparison #table #diagnosis
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
Pulmonary Renal ... for Pulmonary Renal ... sclerosis • Anti-Glomerular ... ab, anti-GBM ab ... #nephrology
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

PRE-Renal AKI:
 • Hypovolemia
 • Congestion
 • Medications
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- Differential Diagnosis ... Framework PRE-Renal ... • Vascular • Glomerular ... , Anti-GBM • Tubular ... #nephrology
Causes of acute kidney injury (AKI). AKI is classified into pre-renal, renal, and post-renal causes. Renal
classified into pre-renal ... and interstitial disease ... GBM, Glomerular ... #Diagnosis #AKI ... Causes #Sites #Nephrology
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
Pulmonary Renal ... diseases with pulmonary ... ANCA antibody, Anti-GBM ... usually low in anti-GBM ... #Pulmonary #Renal
ANA (Antinuclear Antibody) and ANCA (Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies)
 • Systemic lupus erythematosus
   1. Anti-dsDNA
Vasculitis: • Microscopic ... polyangiitis without renal ... ANCA+ 90% • Anti-GBM ... disease - MPO>PR3 ... Antineutrophil #antibodies #diagnosis
Anti-GIomeruIar Basement Membrane Disease (Goodpasture's Disease)

What is it? A small vessel vasculitis with circulating antibodies directed
Anti-GIomeruIar ... hemorrhage Diagnosis ... : • Anti-GBM antibodies ... weeks By Tess Litchman ... #nephrology #pulmonary
ANCA-Associated Vasculitis
A group of necrotizing, small-vessel vasculitis without immune complex deposition. Complement levels are normal due
polyangiitis without renal ... >MPO Microscopic ... Renal-limited ... Anti-GBM disease ... #Diagnosis #Rheumatology
Causes of Proteinuria - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Persistent Proteinuria >150mg/d protein present on repeat testing including overnight
- Differential Diagnosis ... proliferative • Anti-GBM ... polyangiitis (GPA) / microscopic ... Minimal change disease ... #Proteinuria #Nephrology
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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and renal abnormalities ... -ANCA): • Microscopic ... glomerulonephritis) • Anti-GBM ... Dx: GPA, EGPA, microscopic ... • Urinalysis (Renal