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Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
Immune Complex: Systemic ... lupus erythematosus ... Rheumatoid arthritis, Systemic ... biopsy By Tess Litchman ... differential #diagnosis #nephrology
BEE Syndromes - Immune-mediated conditions affecting the brain, eye, and ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in conjunction
BEE Syndromes - ... central nervous system ... • Systemic lupus ... erythematosus ... #neurology #inflammatory
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus - Summary
Antinuclear (ANA) - 95% - Initial screening test
Anti-dsDNA - 50%
 • Associated
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus ... block • Sjogren syndrome ... Hydroxychloroquine *Short ... #Lupus #Erythematosus ... #rheumatology #management
CNS Manifestations of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)

Clinical Manifestations: Demyelinating Syndrome, Headache, Movement disorders, Seizure disorders, Aseptic
Manifestations of Systemic ... Lupus Erythematosus ... Demyelinating Syndrome ... #SLE #CNS #neurology ... cerebritis #diagnosis #management
Pharmacological Treatment of Hepatorenal Syndrome (HRS)

Midodrine - Alpha agonist incr blood pressure incr renal perfusion pressure
of Hepatorenal Syndrome ... Vasoconstriction of systemic ... Systemic vasoconstriction ... #HepatoRenal #Syndrome ... #Nephrology #Management
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
Macrophage Activation Syndrome ... lupus erythematosus ... Periodic fever syndromes ... lupus erythematosus ... #Diagnosis #Management
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
SLE (Systemic Lupus ... Shrinking lung syndrome ... Neuropsychiatric systemic ... • Malar rash - spares ... papillomavirus #SLE #Systemic
Neuromyelitis Optica (NMO) - Clinical Manifestations
 • Optic neuritis: Reduced visual acuity, ranging from mild to
Other brainstem syndromes ... autoimmune disorders (Systemic ... lupus erythematosus ... , Sjögren syndrome ... Manifestations #diagnosis #neurology
Hepatorenal Syndrome Treatment
Volume expansion: 
 • Albumin (typical dose = 1g/kg on day 1 +/- day
Hepatorenal Syndrome ... agonist (an oral systemic ... #Hepatorenal #Syndrome ... #Treatment #management ... #HRS #nephrology
Rhombencephalitis
BACTERIAL
- Listeria (biphasic illness with bulbar dysfunction occurring later)
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Pneumococcus
- Brucella
- Borrelia (Lyme Disease)
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Behcet Disease - Systemic ... Lupus Erythematosus ... - Bickerstaff syndrome ... opsoclonus-myoclonus syndrome ... Diagnosis #Causes #Neurology