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Causes of acute kidney injury (AKI). AKI is classified into pre-renal, renal, and post-renal causes. Renal
and interstitial disease ... GBM, Glomerular ... basement membrane ... #Diagnosis #AKI ... Causes #Sites #Nephrology
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
polyangiitis, Microscopic ... Anti-Glomerular Basement ... Membrane: Goodpasture's ... anti-ANCA ab, anti-GBM ... #nephrology
Anti-GIomeruIar Basement Membrane Disease (Goodpasture's Disease)

What is it? A small vessel vasculitis with circulating antibodies directed
Membrane Disease ... basement membrane ... : • Anti-GBM antibodies ... #Membrane #Disease ... #nephrology #pulmonary
Summary of characteristic abnormalities of selected glomerular diseases
Light Microscopy (LM) - Immunofluorescence Microscopy (IM) - Electron
(IM) - Electron ... Microscopy (EM) ... RPGN • Anti-GBM ... #nephrology #pathology ... comparison #table #diagnosis
Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis (RPGN) 
 - Loss of kidney function over a short period of tirne
of glomerular disease ... Anti-Glomerular Basement ... Membrane (GBM) ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Nephrology
Hematuria - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Gross Hematuria: Red/Dark urine
 • 1ml blood/liter urine can induce color change
- Differential Diagnosis ... nephropathy - Thin basement ... membrane disease ... of glomerular disease ... causes #urology #nephrology
Algorithm - Approach to the differential diagnosis of the patient presenting with overt glomerular proteinuria. CMV
Cytomegalovirus; GBM ... = glomerular basement ... membrane; GN = ... cluster, the diseases ... nephrotic #syndrome #nephrology
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
polyangiitis), MPA (microscopic ... polyangiitis) Anti-basement ... membrane: Goodpasture ... life-threatening diseases ... Inflammatory eye disease
Borrelia recurrentis on Peripheral Blood Smear
23M Somali refugee recently arrived w/severe abd pain, confusion and fever
LBRF can be diagnosed ... of blood smear, acute ... or PenG 800K U IM ... Infectious Diseases ... recurrentis #BloodSmear #microscopy