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Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis (RPGN)
RPGN has three primary pathophysiologic causes differentiated by immunofluorescence

Immune Complex Mediated (granular staining):
Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis ... • Limited to Kidney ... : Anti-GBM Glomerulonephritis ... #Progressive #Glomerulonephritis
Causes of Hematuria - Glomerular vs Non-glomerular

== Glomerular ==
- Glomerulonephritis 
- Thin basement membrane disease 

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Glomerular == - Glomerulonephritis ... Non-glomerular == Kidney ... - Polycystic kidney
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury ( AKI ) - Prerenal, Renal, and Postrenal

PRE-RENAL 
Impaired perfusion: 
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Causes of Acute Kidney ... occlusion RENAL Glomerulonephritis ... Diagnosis #Acute #Kidney
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Prerenal:
 • Due to true volume loss or decreased
Acute Kidney Injury ... nephritis) • GN (glomerulonephritis ... Cellular debris • Kidney ... LouLectures #Acute #Kidney
Septic infarct in the upper pole of the right kidney secondary to Staphylococcus aureus endocarditis

35-year-old male.
pole of the right kidney ... pole of right kidney ... associated with acute glomerulonephritis ... Septic #infarct #kidney
Acute Kidney Injury - Classification
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration
 • Heart failure (a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome)
 • Liver failure
Acute Kidney Injury ... Post-infectious glomerulonephritis ... #AKI #Acute #Kidney
Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis (RPGN) 
 - Loss of kidney function over a short period of tirne
Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis ... ) - Loss of kidney ... staining #Glomerulonephritis
Hematuria in Post-Renal Transplant Patient
Prevalence up to 12% in the postrenal transplant patient
 • Bacterial: Escherichia
carcinoma (native kidney ... Disease Recurrence: Glomerulonephritis ... differential #diagnosis #kidney
Common causes of Acute Kidney Injury AKI - Differential Diagnosis
HEMODYNAMIC
 • Cardiac failure: Impaired forward flow,
causes of Acute Kidney ... INTRINSINC RENAL Glomerulonephritides ... primarily related to kidney
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Acute increase
Causes of Acute Kidney ... Algorithm Acute Kidney ... Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis