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Common causes of Acute Kidney Injury AKI - Differential Diagnosis
HEMODYNAMIC
 • Cardiac failure: Impaired forward flow,
Common causes of ... Post-infectious GN ... , Lupus Acute Tubular ... #Acute #KidneyInjury ... Differential #Diagnosis #nephrology
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Acute increase
Causes of Acute ... IgA, post-strep, lupus ... legionella) • Immune (lupus ... #KidneyInjury # ... Nephrology #Differential
Hypertension and Altered Mental Status (AMS) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Hypertension:
 • Hypertensive emergency
 • Hypertensive encephalopathy
Mental Status (AMS ... Renal: • Acute ... GNAcute/Chronic ... Vasculitis • Lupus ... Differential #Diagnosis #causes
CNS Manifestations of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)

Clinical Manifestations: Demyelinating Syndrome, Headache, Movement disorders, Seizure disorders, Aseptic
Manifestations of Systemic Lupus ... autoantibodies that will cause ... (for secondary APS ... Erythematosus #SLE #CNS #neurology ... #rheumatology #
Features That Differentiate Acute Pericarditis from Myocardial Ischemia or Infarction and Pulmonary Embolism

In contrast to the
Differentiate Acute ... associated with rheumatologic ... presentation of systemic lupus ... life-threatening causes ... chest pain, such as
BEE Syndromes - Immune-mediated conditions affecting the brain, eye, and ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in conjunction
is important, as ... Inflammatory causes ... Cogan syndrome • Acute ... syndrome • Systemic lupus ... BEE #Syndromes #neurology
Approach to Joint Pain - Diagnostic Framework

1) Chronicity
2) Inflammatory vs Non-Inflammatory
3) Number of Joints Involved

1) Chronicity:
Chronicity: • Acute ... spondyloarthropathies, lupus ... Like in this case ... • Acute = Viral ... Joint #Pain #MSK #rheumatology
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
 •
rapidly progressing GN ... tract, and often causes ... inflammation Others: • Lupus ... systemic lupus ... differential #diagnosis #rheumatology
Scleroderma Renal Crisis (SRC)

Clinical Presentation of Scleroderma Renal Crisis:
1) Acute kidney injury
2) Abrupt onset of hypertension
3)
Renal Crisis: 1) Acute ... . pauci-immune GN ... • Refractory cases ... Renal #Crisis #rheumatology ... #nephrology #diagnosis