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Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
symptomatology Differential ... Complex: Systemic lupus ... allopurinol), Infection ... testing: anti-ANCA ... #diagnosis #nephrology
Common causes of Acute Kidney Injury AKI - Differential Diagnosis
HEMODYNAMIC
 • Cardiac failure: Impaired forward flow,
Kidney Injury AKI - Differential ... • Primary GNs: Disease ... Post-infectious ... GN, Lupus Acute ... #Diagnosis #nephrology
Etiologies of Peripheral Neuropathy
 • Metabolic / Nutritional: DiabetesB12 deficiency, Uremia/ESRD, Hypothyroidism
 • Medication-induced: ART, Antibiotics,
Chemotherapy • Infectious ... Syphilis, Lyme disease ... Vasculitis, Sjogren's, Lupus ... Peripheral #Neuropathy #differential ... diagnosis #causes #neurology
Causes of Proteinuria - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Persistent Proteinuria >150mg/d protein present on repeat testing including overnight
Proteinuria - Differential ... HSP • Post-infectious ... Minimal change disease ... #Proteinuria #Nephrology ... #Differential #
Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis (RPGN) 
 - Loss of kidney function over a short period of tirne
of glomerular disease ... IgA nephropathy, lupus ... cryoglobulinemia, post-infectious ... Classification #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Nephrology
Erythema Annulare Centrifugum (EAC),
This is erythema annulare centrifugum (EAC), one of the “figurate erythemas.” These lesions
associations with infections ... drugs, systemic disease ... Centrifugum #EAC #clinical ... #photo #dermatology ... #skinrash
Ulcerative Blastomycosis Skin Lesion
57 asymptomatic M from Indiana nonpruritic, painless, progressive skin lesion lower back x
Indiana University Infectious ... Diseases Fellowship ... Blastomycosis #SkinRash ... #dermatology #clinical ... #photo
Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
 • Spinal Cord: Demyelinating Disease (MS), Epidural abscess, Infarction, Syringomyelia, Tetanus, Transverse
Demyelinating Disease ... heavy metals), Critical ... poisoning, Scorpion sting ... Weakness #Causes #differential ... #diagnosis #neurology
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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HIV / AIDS - Differential ... should be based on clinical ... Demyelinating disease ... #differential # ... InfectiousDiseases #Neurology
BEE Syndromes - Non-inflammatory Causes

Immune-mediated conditions affecting the Brain, Eye, and Ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in
and less common diseases ... • Lyme disease ... MRI lesions and clinical ... BEE #Syndromes #neurology ... noninflammatory #differential