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Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis (RPGN) 
 - Loss of kidney function over a short period of tirne
Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis ... with evidence of glomerular ... post-infectious GN Anti-Glomerular ... staining #Glomerulonephritis ... Differential #Diagnosis #Nephrology
Causes of Hematuria - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Red blood cells on urine microscopy. Must exclude false positives
cells on urine microscopy ... wall) • Anti-GBM ... with polyangiitis/microscopic ... • Lupus glomerulonephritis ... Post-Infectious glomerulonephritis
Glomerulonephritis - Differential Diagnosis Framework
ANCA:
 • C-ANCA: GPA (Wegener's)
 • P-ANCA: Microscopic Polyangiitis, Eosinophilic GPA (Churg
Glomerulonephritis ... Wegener's) • P-ANCA: Microscopic ... Churg Strauss) Anti-GBM ... Medicine @SCVMCMed #Glomerulonephritis ... differential #diagnosis #nephrology
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis ... polyangiitis, Microscopic ... sclerosis • Anti-Glomerular ... ab, anti-GBM ab ... differential #diagnosis #nephrology
Summary of characteristic abnormalities of selected glomerular diseases
Light Microscopy (LM) - Immunofluorescence Microscopy (IM) - Electron
(IM) - Electron ... Microscopy (EM) ... Amyloid RPGN • Anti-GBM ... polyangiitis #glomerular ... #diseases #nephrology
Anti-GIomeruIar Basement Membrane Disease (Goodpasture's Disease)

What is it? A small vessel vasculitis with circulating antibodies directed
Anti-GIomeruIar ... rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis ... Diagnosis: • Anti-GBM ... weeks By Tess Litchman ... AntiGBM #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 ... microangiopathy (TMA), anti-phospholipid ... #MPGN #nephrology
Stage IV Glomerulonephritis on Electron Microscopy

This image shows acellular scanning EM of glomerular capillary loops from
Stage IV Glomerulonephritis ... on Electron Microscopy ... acellular scanning EM ... of glomerular capillary ... SEM #clinical #nephrology
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
dipstick, urine microscopy ... and signs • Glomerulonephritis ... Vasculits: ANCA, ANA, Anti-GBM ... , Anti-ds-DNA, C3 ... Differential #Diagnosis #nephrology
Causes of Proteinuria - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Persistent Proteinuria >150mg/d protein present on repeat testing including overnight
• Drugs Glomerular ... proliferative • Anti-GBM ... polyangiitis (GPA) / microscopic ... #Proteinuria #Nephrology