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Staphylococcus-associated GlomeruloNephritis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
CLINICAL
 • Nephritic syndrome (Casts)
 • Marked proteinuria (may be
Staphylococcus-associated ... Management Summary CLINICAL ... • Nephritic syndrome ... Antibiotics / source control ... needed • No role
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
: - ANCA-positive ... vasculitis (IgA-associated ... vasculitis, Behcet ... , anti-GBM ab, ANA ... #diagnosis #nephrology
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
Systemic disease associated ... association • M > F Clinical ... skin injury) • Neurologic ... syndrome (Clinical ... Skin lesions • Positive
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
pulmonary and renal ... affects the skin, neurologic ... Angiitis of the Central ... VASCULITIS: ANCA Associated ... vasculitis • Behcet
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
 •
rapidly progressing GN ... VASCULITIS: • Behçet ... gastrointestinal, and/or central ... • Cogan Syndrome ... LFT • ESR • ANA
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
may precede the neurologic ... fluctuations PRES-Associated ... Immunosuppressive agents, Renal ... circulation: MCA ACA ... diagnosis #management #neurology