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Summary of characteristic abnormalities of selected glomerular diseases
Light Microscopy (LM) - Immunofluorescence Microscopy (IM) - Electron
selected glomerular diseases ... Microscopy (EM) ... Minimal change disease ... disease • Granulomatosis ... #glomerular #diseases
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):
Peripheral edema, Disease-specific ... vasculitis, Behcet disease ... Goodpasture's Disease ... dysmorphic RBCs) • Disease-specific ... #nephrology
Atlas of Urine Microscopy Findings
 • Epithelial cells - Normal
 • Renal tubular cells - Acute
cells - Glomerular disease ... of glomerular disease ... type of renal disease ... significant renal disease ... #nephrology #casts
Spectrum of Glomerular Diseases
Nephrotic - Mechanism:
 • Injury to podocytes
 • Changed architecture: Scanning. Deposition of
of Glomerular Diseases ... Mechanism: • Injury ... #Glomerular #Diseases ... differential #spectrum #diagnosis ... #nephrology #nephritic
Causes of Hematuria - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Red blood cells on urine microscopy. Must exclude false positives
- Differential Diagnosis ... cells on urine microscopy ... disease • ... • Pauci-immune disease ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

PRE-Renal AKI:
 • Hypovolemia
 • Congestion
 • Medications
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Acute Kidney Injury ... Immune-complex disease ... , Anti-GBM • Tubular ... Bilateral ureteral disease ... #nephrology
Anti-GIomeruIar Basement Membrane Disease (Goodpasture's Disease)

What is it? A small vessel vasculitis with circulating antibodies directed
Membrane Disease ... (Goodpasture's Disease ... : • Anti-GBM antibodies ... #Membrane #Disease ... #nephrology #pulmonary
Hematuria - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Gross Hematuria: Red/Dark urine
 • 1ml blood/liter urine can induce color change
Immune mediated injury ... nephropathy - Thin basement ... membrane disease ... of glomerular disease ... causes #urology #nephrology
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