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Definitions of AKI, CKD, AKD
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI):
 • Increase in SCr by 2 50% within
Definitions of AKI, CKD ... Chronic Kidney Disease ... Acute Kidney Diseases ... months No Kidney Disease ... per 1.73 m2 • Stable
Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia (AIHA) - Differential Diagnosis Table

Warm AIHA (48-70%)
Cold AHA (16-32%)
 • Donath-Landsteiner HA (paroxysmal
Anemia (AIHA) - Differential ... Diagnosis Table ... Cold Agglutinin Disease ... #Diagnosis #Table ... #hematology
Connective tissue disease-associated interstitial lung diseases

LIP: lymphoid interstitial pneumonia. NSIP: nonspecific interstitial pneumonia. OP: organizing pneumonia.
Connective tissue disease-associated ... interstitial lung diseases ... CTILD #Diagnosis #Differential ... #Comparison #Table ... #Pulmonary #Rheumatology
Diagnostic Schema for Hyperferritinemia

Pearl: Diseases associated with extreme elevations: 
1. HLH 
2. Still's disease 
3. Systemic
Hyperferritinemia Pearl: Diseases ... Still's disease ... Hyperferritinemia #Algorithm #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Hematology
Algorithmic Approach to Anemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework by MCV

Microcytic (MCV < 80) "TAILS":
 • Thalassemia
Approach to Anemia - Differential ... Aplastic anemia, CKD ... Non-megaloblastic: Liver disease ... MCV #Algorithm #Differential ... #Diagnosis #hematology
Adult-Onset Still's Disease
Clinical triad: Fever, Arthralgia/arthritis, Skin rash ± odynophagia
+ Biological inflammation: Increased neutrophils, Hyperferritinemia, decreased
Adult-Onset Still's Disease ... fraction < 20% Differential ... autoinflammatory diseases ... Muscular: normal CK ... management #treatment #rheumatology
Expected DAT Results in Autoimmune Hemolysis
DAT Negative Hemolysis
 • DAT Poly ( - ), IgG (
), IgG ( - ), C3d ... ), IgG ( + ), C3d ... Cold agglutinin disease ... ), IgG ( - ), C3d ... Autoimmune #Hemolysis #hematology
Drugs Used in Coronary Artery Disease 
 • Nitrates
 • Ca2+ Channel Blockers
 • Beta-Blockers
 •
Coronary Artery Disease ... coronary #artery #disease ... #CAD #medications ... #pharmacology #table
Purpura - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Non-blanchable, dark red to purple, hemorrhagic skin lesions that result from leakage
Purpura - Differential ... Splenomegaly - CTD ... EGPA - MPA • CTD ... Vasculopathy #Purpura #Differential ... #rheumatology #
Unintentional Weight Loss - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Malnutrition:
 • Limited access to food
 • Anorexia
 • Disorders
Weight Loss - Differential ... • Small bowel disease ... Cholestatic liver disease ... respiratory • CKD ... Loss #WeightLoss #Differential