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Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Pre-Renal:
 • Hypovolemia, Cardiorenal, Distributive Shock, HRS, Hypercalcemia, Renal
Acute Kidney Injury ... Emboli, Thrombosis, Vasculitis ... • GN: ANCA, Anti-GBM ... Med, Contrast, Pigment ... nephrology #causes #algorithm
Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis (RPGN)
RPGN has three primary pathophysiologic causes differentiated by immunofluorescence

Immune Complex Mediated (granular staining):
Complement: Post-strep GN ... , Lupus Nephritis ... Glomerulonephritis #Vasculitis ... #differential #diagnosis ... #algorithm #rheumatology
Lupus Nephritis Classification Algorithm

#Lupus #Nephritis #Classification #Algorithm #diagnosis #differential #types #rheumatology #nephrology #renal
Lupus Nephritis ... Classification Algorithm ... #Lupus #Nephritis ... #diagnosis #differential ... #types #rheumatology
Hypertension and Altered Mental Status (AMS) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Hypertension:
 • Hypertensive emergency
 • Hypertensive encephalopathy
- Differential Diagnosis ... Renal: • Acute ... GNAcute/Chronic ... Autoimmune: • Vasculitis ... • Lupus • Polyarteritis
Common causes of Acute Kidney Injury AKI - Differential Diagnosis
HEMODYNAMIC
 • Cardiac failure: Impaired forward flow,
- Differential Diagnosis ... Glomerulonephritides (GN ... Post-infectious GN ... , Lupus Acute Tubular ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Approach to Thrombocytosis - Elevated Platelet Count - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Peripheral Smear concerning for malignancy?
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Peripheral ... , Vasculitides, ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #hematology
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Gastrointestinal Manifestations
 - Thrombosis of vessels in the pancreas, Vasculitis -> Acute Pancreatitis
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus ... the pancreas, Vasculitis ... -> Acute Pancreatitis ... #Systemic #Lupus ... signs #symptoms #diagnosis
Classification of Vasculitis 
Vasculitis of large vessels 
 - Arteritis temporalis (giant-cell arteritis) 
 - Takayasu
Vasculitis of ... - systemic lupus ... #Vessels #Diagnosis ... #Rheumatology # ... Diagnosis
Seronegative Inflammatory Arthritis - Differential Diagnosis
 • Seronegative Rheumatoid Arthritis 
 • Infectious Arthritis: Viral, Bacterial,
- Differential Diagnosis ... Disease: Systemic Lupus ... Erythematous, Systemic Vasculitis ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #rheumatology
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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- Differential Diagnosis ... rapidly progressing GN ... inflammation Others: • Lupus ... such as systemic lupus ... #rheumatology #