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Glomerular Diseases - Nephritic and Nephrotic Syndromes

Nephritic syndrome:
 - Acute poststreptococcal 
glomerulonephritis 
 - Rapidly progressive
Glomerular Diseases ... syndrome: - Acute ... Nephrotic #Syndromes #Classification ... #Nephrology #Diagnosis ... Recommended Text: Nephrology
Acute Kidney Injury - Classification
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration
 • Heart failure (a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome)
 • Liver failure
- Classification ... • Glomerular disease ... Tubulointerstitial disease ... Kidney #Injury #Classification ... #diagnosis #nephrology
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) in Patients with Cancer 

Cancer Related 
• Hypercalcemia 
• Intravenous contrast 
•
Acute Kidney Injury ... LC deposition disease ... malignancies Treatment ... Differential #Diagnosis #Classification ... #Nephrology
Angioedema - Classification Diagnosis and Treatment
Types of Angioedema:
 • Acute allergic angioedema - Usually occurs with
Angioedema - Classification ... Angioedema: • Acute ... dominant inherited disease ... dominant inherited disease ... Acute Angioedema
Overall Approach to Anemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Blood Loss
 • Acute Bleed - Normocytic / Normochromic
Blood Loss • Acute ... / Normochromic RBCs ... TIBC, Hypochromic RBCs ... Anemia of Chronic Disease ... Non-lmmune #Anemia #Classification
Classification of Diabetes Insipidus

Central or neurogenic diabetes insipidus:
 - Congenital - Structural malformations affecting the hypothalamus
Classification of ... granulomatous diseases ... Treatment is aimed ... Diabetes #Insipidus #Classification ... #Types #Nephrology
BEE Syndromes - Immune-mediated conditions affecting the brain, eye, and ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in conjunction
and less common diseases ... diagnosis and treatment ... Cogan syndrome • Acute ... polychondritis • Behcet disease ... BEE #Syndromes #neurology
Oroya Fever
Hematologic disease caused by Bartonella bacilliformis
Restricted to the Andes highlands of Peru & Ecuador
B. bacilliformis:
Fever Hematologic disease ... Presentation ​- Acute ... DIAGNOSIS: ​• Acute ... coccobacillus within the RBCs ... TREATMENT: ​• Acute
IgG4-Related Disease
Clinical history:  Man, 60 years, multiorgan involvement, unique or multiple inflammatory pseudotumor
4 phenotypes:
 •
IgG4-Related Disease ... with response to treatment ... hypergammaglobulinemia, ↑ acute ... maintenance with GCs ... IgG4 #Related #Disease
Chagas Disease - American Trypanosomiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis) is an infectious
weeks incubation Acute ... the absence of treatment ... symptoms, positive serology ... Tests - check Acute ... q12h)x 60 days Treatment