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Hypertension and Altered Mental Status (AMS) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Hypertension:
 • Hypertensive emergency
 • Hypertensive encephalopathy
- Differential Diagnosis ... : • Acute GN ... Vasculitis • Lupus ... crises Drug ... #causes
Paraproteinemias

Entities That Can Feature A Monoclonal Protein/M Component:
• MM
• WM
• MGUS
• MGCS
• MGRS
• Splenic Marginal Zone
Scleromyxedema (CNS ... to cold IgG • Lupus ... vascular beds-renal ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Oncology
Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC) Overview

Increased Clotting and Consumption of Clotting Factors

Findings:
 • Bleeding
 • Recent history
Bleeding (64%) • Renal ... Thromboembolism (7%) • CNS ... #diagnosis #causes ... #treatment #management ... #hematology
Scleroderma Renal Crisis (SRC)

Clinical Presentation of Scleroderma Renal Crisis:
1) Acute kidney injury
2) Abrupt onset of hypertension
3)
of arteries Management ... . pauci-immune GN ... • Refractory cases ... #Crisis #rheumatology ... #management
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

Epidemiology:
• F > M: 9:1
• 5-6th Decades (can be any age)

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
cirrhosis: 3%-20% Renal ... Distal (Type I) renal ... Membranoproliferative GN ... Sjogrens #Syndrome #Rheumatology ... #Diagnosis #Management