5 results
Amyloidosis - Workup and Diagnostic Algorithm
 • Serum Immunofixation and Serum Free Light Chains
 • Biopsy
Red Diagnostic tests ... marrow biopsy • Echocardiogram ... IFE and 24-h urine ... Confirm type of amyloid ... alkaline phosphatase, calcium
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Kidney Injury - AKI ... microscopy / urinary ... ultrasonography, serum calcium ... investigations depending on clinical ... Kidney #Injury #AKI
Amyloidosis - Summary
Group of disorders associated with extracellular deposition of fibrils formed from low-molecular-weight proteins in
Clinical suspicion ... Amyloidosis Clinical ... dissociation in urine ... Testing: • EKG • Echocardiogram ... polarized light microscopy
Rheumatology Workup - Laboratories Studies in Rheumatic Diseases

• Septic arthritis - Gram stain and culture of
polarized light microscopy ... crystals (gout) or calcium ... profile (e.g., calcium ... • Serum and urine ... ANA and RF (if clinical
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
polyangiitis), MPA (microscopic ... EGPA) • Renal: (AKI ... : UA, Urine protein ... anti-GBM) Other tests ... o infection • Echocardiogram