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Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
Differential Diagnosis ... polyangiitis, Microscopic ... Basement Membrane ... ab, anti-GBM ab ... #nephrology
ANA (Antinuclear Antibody) and ANCA (Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies)
 • Systemic lupus erythematosus
   1. Anti-dsDNA
Vasculitis: • Microscopic ... polyangiitis without renal ... ANCA+ 30-60% • Renal-limited ... ANCA+ 90% • Anti-GBM ... Antineutrophil #antibodies #diagnosis
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
polyangiitis), MPA (microscopic ... membrane: Goodpasture ... , Anti-GBM antibody ... usually low in anti-GBM ... Goodpasture's cause
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
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
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Acute increase
- Differential Diagnosis ... at least 50% Renal ... Glomerulonephritis • Anti-GBM ... polyangiitis /microscopic ... #KidneyInjury #Nephrology