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Hematuria - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Gross Hematuria: Red/Dark urine
 • 1ml blood/liter urine can induce color change
- Differential Diagnosis ... disease - Alport syndrome ... pain hematuria syndrome ... - RBC casts → Diagnostic ... • Nutcracker syndrome
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
Pulmonary Renal ... Syndrome Definition ... Differential Diagnosis ... polyangiitis, Microscopic ... #diagnosis #nephrology
Complications of Portal Hypertension
 • Hepatic Encephalopathy
 • Pulmonary: Hepatopulmonary syndrome, Portopulmonary hypertension, Hepatic hydrothorax
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Hepatopulmonary syndrome ... Pancytopenia • Renal ... : Hepatorenal syndrome ... Complications #hepatology ... #diagnosis
Differential diagnosis of schistocytes / fragmentation hemolysis:
 • Thrombotic microangiopathies (TMA)
    - TTP
Differential diagnosis ... hemolytic-uremic syndrome ... • Scleroderma renal ... #differential #diagnosis ... #hematology #hemolysis
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
and Differential Diagnosis ... dipstick, urine microscopy ... Abdominal compartment syndrome ... syndrome: troponin ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Ascites - Differential Diagnosis
Chronic liver disease (cirrhosis or chronic hepatitis) - 80%
Underlying malignancy - 10%
Congestive heart
- Differential Diagnosis ... Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome ... , HIV-related, Renal ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #hepatology
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
Syndromes - OnePager ... polyangiitis), MPA (microscopic ... Syndromes (PRS) ... : • U/A: microscopic ... #Syndromes #differential
ANA (Antinuclear Antibody) and ANCA (Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies)
 • Systemic lupus erythematosus
   1. Anti-dsDNA
cases • Sjögren syndrome ... Vasculitis: • Microscopic ... polyangiitis without renal ... Antineutrophil #antibodies #diagnosis ... #rheumatology #
Causes of Hypocomplementemia - CHAMPS Mnemonic
C - Cryoglobulinemia (85%), C3 glomerulopathy, cirrhosis
H - Heavy Chain deposition
antiphospholipid syndrome ... Erythematosus (total 50, renal ... CHAMPS #Mnemonic #diagnosis ... #differential #hematology
ANCA-Associated Vasculitis
A group of necrotizing, small-vessel vasculitis without immune complex deposition. Complement levels are normal due
polyangiitis (GPA), microscopic ... polyangiitis without renal ... involvement - PR3>MPO Microscopic ... PANCA #MPO #PR3 #Diagnosis ... #Rheumatology