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Urinary Casts and Disease Associations
Hyaline - May be nonspecific; seen in normal individuals or during severe
acute tubular necrosis ... tubulointerstitial nephritis ... tuberculosis Fatty - Nephrotic ... Differential #Microscopy #Diagnosis
Causes of AKI in Pregnancy - Differential Diagnosis
Creatinine - Platelets - Transaminases - LDH - PT/PTT
- Differential Diagnosis ... HELLP • Lupus Nephritis ... AFLP • Cortical Necrosis ... #Differential #Diagnosis
IgA Vasculitis – Henoch Scholein Purpura: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

 - Infectious Agents - 50% have
biologics (tumor necrosis ... 10-50%) - HTN, nephrotic ... /nephritic syndrome ... Pathophysiology #Diagnosis
Nephritic nephrotic algorithm. #kidney #Nephritic #Nephrotic #Syndrome #Comparison #Algorithm #Nephrology #Diagnosis
Nephritic nephrotic ... #kidney #Nephritic ... #Nephrotic #Syndrome ... Algorithm #Nephrology #Diagnosis
Nephrotic vs Nephritic Syndrome

-Joel M. Topf, MD FACP @kidney_boy

#Nephrotic #Nephritic #Syndrome #nephrology #comparison #diagnosis
Nephrotic vs Nephritic ... @kidney_boy #Nephrotic ... #Nephritic #Syndrome ... nephrology #comparison #diagnosis
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury ( AKI ) - Prerenal, Renal, and Postrenal

PRE-RENAL 
Impaired perfusion: 
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Acute tubular necrosis ... Interstitial nephritis ... /phimosis #Diagnosis
Nephritic vs Nephrotic Syndrome

Step 1: If the patient has hematuria and/or proteinuria, think about nephrotic/nephritic syndromes.
Step
Nephritic vs Nephrotic ... proteinuria, think about nephrotic ... /nephritic syndromes ... #Nephritic #Nephrotic ... Algorithm #Nephrology #Diagnosis
Urine Microscopy - Casts
Acellular Casts
 • Hyaline Casts - Consists of only precipitated Tamm-Horsfell protein without
acute tubular necrosis ... suggestive of nephrotic ... interpretation #diagnosis
Causes of Hematuria - Differential Diagnosis
Renal:
 - Glomerular - IgA Nephropathy, Thin basement membrane, Alport syndrome,
- Differential Diagnosis ... - Interstitial nephritis ... Ischemic - Papillary necrosis ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Nephrotic vs Nephritic syndromes - Spectrum of Glomerular Diseases 

#Nephritic #Nephrotic #Syndromes #Spectrum #Classification #Glomerular #Diseases
Nephrotic vs Nephritic ... Diseases #Nephritic ... #Nephrotic #Syndromes ... Diseases #Nephrology #Diagnosis