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Hematuria - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Gross Hematuria: Red/Dark urine
 • 1ml blood/liter urine can induce color change
Hematuria - Differential ... urine • 1ml blood ... urine sediment Microscopic ... #Hematuria #Differential ... #urine #blood
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
Pulmonary Renal ... Cough, Dyspnea, Fever ... symptomatology Differential ... polyangiitis, Microscopic ... #Syndrome #differential
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Investigations: full blood ... dipstick, urine microscopy ... Abdominal compartment syndrome ... screen, including blood ... syndrome: troponin
Chronic Diarrhea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Steatorrhea
 - Maldigestive
    • Pancreatic Insufficiency
 - Primary
Chronic Diarrhea ... - Differential ... (Small Volume/ Bloody ... Cancer • Microscopic ... Diarrhea #SmallBowel #Differential
Urinary Casts and Disease Associations
Hyaline - May be nonspecific; seen in normal individuals or during severe
disease Red blood ... tubulointerstitial nephritis, renal ... Fatty - Nephrotic syndrome ... Urinary #Casts #Differential ... #Microscopy #Diagnosis
Borrelia recurrentis on Peripheral Blood Smear
23M Somali refugee recently arrived w/severe abd pain, confusion and fever
on Peripheral Blood ... resolved after 2-3d ... Syndrome: 3d of ... sensitivity of blood ... recurrentis #BloodSmear #microscopy
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
polyangiitis), MPA (microscopic ... coagulopathy) • CBC w differential ... reveals increasing blood ... FINDINGS: • U/A: microscopic ... #Syndromes #differential
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

What?
Myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of disorders caused by blood cells that are poorly
Marrow Failure • Chronic ... abnormal under the microscope ... abnormal under a microscope ... abnormal under the microscope ... count with differential
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Base Disorders - Blood ... Interpretation Steps for Blood ... Acute or chronic ... D-lactate (short bowel syndrome ... Anxiety, pain, fever
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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pulmonary and renal ... PR3-ANCA): • Microscopic ... Eosinophilia, asthma, chronic ... Large Vessel: Blood ... Dx: GPA, EGPA, microscopic