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Autoantibodies and their Disease Associations
ANA - Non-specific; common in SLE, autoimmune hepatitis
Anti-CCP, Rheumatoid factor - RA
Anti-dsDNA
SLE, autoimmune hepatitis ... Anti-LKM (liver kidney ... ) - Autoimmune hepatitis ... biliary cirrhosis (PBC ... Endomyseal antibody (EMA
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
Liver Injury - Differential ... Chronic viral hepatitis ... cardiac muscle, kidneys ... liver #injury #hepatitis ... #differential #
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury ( AKI ) - Prerenal, Renal, and Postrenal

PRE-RENAL 
Impaired perfusion: 
•
Causes of Acute Kidney ... • Inflammatory disease ... Urethral stricture/valves ... Postrenal #Failure #Differential ... #Nephrology
Algorithm for the Treatment of Membranous Lupus Nephritis
Sub-nephrotic-range proteinuria (<3.5g/d, normal serum albumin) and Preserved kidney
for worsening disease ... class V LN • MMF ... Multi-target therapy (MMF ... Algorithm #Treatment #management ... #nephrology
Liver Chemistries - Interpretation of LFTs

R-value: Serum (ALT/ULN ALT) / (Alk phos/ULN ALP)
 • R >
Interpretation of LFTs R-value ... Check Acute viral hepatitis ... of cholestatic disease ... Alcoholic liver disease ... chemistry #diagnosis #differential
Elevated Lactate Dehydrogenase (LDH) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

LDH is a cytoplasmic enzyme present in tissues throughout
Dehydrogenase (LDH) - Differential ... muscle, liver, and kidney ... - Prosthetic valves ... • Legionnaires disease ... Dehydrogenase #Elevated #differential
Hematuria in Post-Renal Transplant Patient
Prevalence up to 12% in the postrenal transplant patient
 • Bacterial: Escherichia
, Busulfan • Disease ... Renal #Transplant #differential ... #diagnosis #kidney ... #blood #urine #management ... #treatment #nephrology
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease algorithm.
 
For those patients with NAFLD or liver disease of unknown aetiology,
fibrosis score with values ... markers such as ELF ... force impulse; ELF ... 4, fibrosis-4; HCC ... algorithm #Referral #Management
Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis (RPGN) 
 - Loss of kidney function over a short period of tirne
) - Loss of kidney ... of glomerular disease ... staining on IF • No EM ... Classification #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Nephrology
Alcohol-related liver disease algorithm. 

In patients in whom alcohol is suspected to be the main injurious
Alcohol-related liver disease ... force impulse; ELF ... γ-glutamyltransferase; HCC ... algorithm #ARLD #Hepatitis ... #management #diagnosis