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Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
Pulmonary Renal ... Differential Diagnosis ... for Pulmonary Renal ... sclerosis • Anti-Glomerular ... Basement Membrane
Hematuria - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Gross Hematuria: Red/Dark urine
 • 1ml blood/liter urine can induce color change
or dipstick) Glomerular ... • Causes of Glomerular ... of glomerular hematuria ... Suggestive of glomerular ... disease Renal
Anti-GIomeruIar Basement Membrane Disease (Goodpasture's Disease)

What is it? A small vessel vasculitis with circulating antibodies directed
A small vessel vasculitis ... directed against the glomerular ... hemorrhage Diagnosis ... #AntiGBM #diagnosis ... #nephrology #pulmonary
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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and renal abnormalities ... - Skin, glomeruli ... : - Kidneys: glomerular ... purpura: strong sign ... #rheumatology #classification
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
Pulmonary Renal ... Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis ... polyangiitis) Anti-basement ... hypercellular glomeruli ... #management #treatment
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
Diagnosis Framework ... and renal abnormalities ... Diagnosis: • Systemic ... purpura: Strong sign ... • Kidneys: Non-glomerular
Ankylosing Spondylitis: Extra-articular Manifestations
 • Ocular - Inflammation of the iris, the anterior part of the
Inflammatory Bowel Disease ... abnormalities • Renal ... amyloid proteins in glomeruli ... Complications #pathophysiology ... #diagnosis #signs